Interactions with mxge, pf, nfsd, and the kernel

[Bob Healey]

In this particular instance, the 1G interface was still functioning. The 
10G interface was mostly not functioning, but any packets received on 
either were valid.

Bob Healey
Systems Administrator
Biocomputation and Bioinformatics Constellation
and Molecularium
healer at rpi.edu
(518) 276-4407

On 7/8/2014 3:44 PM, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> For an unscientific test,  tcpdump -i bce1 for ~5 seconds gave these stats:
>>
>> 321 packets captured
>> 53776 packets received by filter
>> 52703 packets dropped by kernel
> So, the interface still receives/sends ? What happens if you
>
> ifconfig bce1 down
> ifconfig bce1 up
>
> ? Are the packets valid or not ?
>