Re: 2.0.36 networking lock

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:48:18 +0000 (GMT)


> -If I connect to the server with ssh (ssh server) I get no prompt for
> password and after a while I get a timeout message.

DNS timeout maybe

> -Previous ssh connections still keep working.

Ok

> -Getting a web page from the server works but when I run a cgi with POST method
> I get connection timed out.

Does the cgi cause redirects to be generated ?

> -named is unable to resolv anything it has to get from outside.

That would match

> -ping works.

By address or by name for outside hosts

> -ppp users that connects via modem with pap get disconnected few
> seconds after being successfully authenticated.

That would match dns for some cases

> -Nothing strange is logged by syslogd or klogd (Is there a way to obtain
> more info from the kernel in such situations?)

"dmesg" shows all the kernel logs

Does traceroute -n show that the routes to the outside world are stil fine ?

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