nuqneH,
It is *not* a proper fix, just a usable workaround :(
YOU (jamie rishaw) WROTE:
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:38:04AM -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
> > Brian Hatch wrote:
> > >Since syslog uses UDP, and there's no method to enforce
> > >retransmits of lost UDP datagrams built into the protocol
> > >itself, it's quite possible for a busy network to cause
> > >UDP packet loss
> >
> > It's worse than that; many kernels will drop packets internally
> > when interface output queues overrun. So your syslog client is
> > probably dropping the log messages before they even get off
> > the box.
>
> Good Sysadmins know how to fine tune their IP stacks to avoid these
> problems. :-)
>
> FreeBSD:
> sysctl for net.inet.udp.recvspace, maxdgram
> kernel options NMBCLUSTERS
>
> Solaris:
> ndd /dev/udp: udp_recv_hiwat, udp_max_buf
>
> AIX:
> 'no' -o udp_recvspace
>
> Linux:
> 'ftp ftp.freebsd.org'
>
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