# Write ip4 0.0.0.0-\>10.X.X.X: sendto: no buffer space available

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** heartbeat\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050 "2020-11-11T11:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![rguptarg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rguptarg/32/60643_2.png) [@rguptarg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rguptarg)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050/1 "2020-11-11T11:49:05Z")

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HI,

I am new in heartbeat, I have configured heartbeat-elastic-7.9.3-1.x86\_64 with default configuration. Currently I am using only ICMP monitoring and configured 8K IP's.

But I am getting "sendto: no buffer space available" error in "error.message" column.

Version:- heartbeat-elastic-7.9.3-1.x86\_64  
OS:- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)  
RAM:  
total used free shared buff/cache available  
Mem: 45G 6.1G 33G 1.2G 6.5G 38G  
Swap: 4.0G 0B 4.0G

Please suggest if any changes required in heartbeat default configuration or OS level

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Cholakian1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrew_cholakian1/32/3612_2.png) [@Andrew\_Cholakian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Cholakian1)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050/2 "2020-11-12T02:26:14Z")

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This is a genuinely new issue. We've never seen this error Some googling brought me to [this SO question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/210451/what-does-ping-sendmsg-no-buffer-space-available-mean). Does a regular `ping` command work on the CLI of that box?

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**Author:** ![rguptarg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rguptarg/32/60643_2.png) [@rguptarg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rguptarg)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050/3 "2020-11-12T05:09:40Z")

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Yes, ping commands is working.  
PING 10.X.1.29 (10.X.1.29) 56(84) bytes of data.  
64 bytes from 10.X.1.29: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=57 time=3.48 ms  
64 bytes from 10.X.1.29: icmp\_seq=2 ttl=57 time=2.47 ms  
64 bytes from 10.X.1.29: icmp\_seq=3 ttl=57 time=2.30 ms  
^C  
--- 10.X.1.29 ping statistics ---  
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms  
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.306/2.753/3.481/0.519 ms

Error msg :  
write ip4 0.0.0.0-\>10.X.1.29: sendto: no buffer space available

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-ip4-0-0-0-0-10-x-x-x-sendto-no-buffer-space-available/255050/4 "2020-12-10T07:09:48Z")

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