Re: Interpreting error logs??? (source Quench)

[Tom Marshall <tmarshall@real.com>]

Quoting from "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1", section 11.11:

  This is an error that may be generated by a system (router or host) when
  it receives datagrams of a rate that is too fast to be processed.  Note
  the qualifier "May."  A system is not required to send a source quench,
  even if it runs out of buffers and throws datagrams away.

I would guess that you should only be concerned about it if it's not coming
from a host that you are communicating with, nor a router along the path to
any of the hosts that you are communicating with.

On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:38:00PM -0500, Steve Rudd wrote:
> Interpreting error logs:
> 
> I get all kinds of unusual error messages in my log like this one:
> 
> Sun Mar 4 13:17:59 source quench from 216-146-142-4.bwn.net [216.146.142.4]
> 
> What is a "source Quench"? And should I be concerned about it.
> 
> Where can I go to read about all the error messages in the log file?
> 
> Thanks!
> Steve Rudd
> 
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