UDP packet loss

[Pavel Urban]

Patrick Klos wrote:
 > In article <e69ccs$cbm$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Pavel Urban  <urbanp at mlp.cz> 
wrote:
 >> Hello,
 >>
 >> I've tried to find out the cause of some strange resolving problem 
we are experiencing. From time to time, our server seems to ignore some 
requests, while others are answered promptly. It seems to me that the 
problem is UDP packet loss.
 >>
 >> Udp:
 >>     948795842 packets received
 >>     149802 packets to unknown port received.
 >>     214635022 packet receive errors
 >>     1003702082 packets sent
 >>
 >> I've tried to increase system udp receive buffer 10x and then 100x 
with no noticable effect. Do I have to change something in Bind, too? Or 
am I  completely wrong?
 >
 > I'd say your biggest problem is the 214 million packet receive errors!
 > Find the source of those errors, and you'll likely take care of your
 > problem.  Your machine is tossing 1 out of every 4 or 5 packets!
 >

I've tried to 'watch' these errors and they seem to be bind-related - 
after the service is restarted, these errors stop to occur for some 
time. I thought that the cause is small udp receive buffer, but I'm not 
a network specialist - do you think it is/may be caused by something else?

Thanks!

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