From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 25 12:23:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680FB16A422 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:23:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.192.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914EB43D45 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:23:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([68.80.195.248]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20060225122312m11009r6rme>; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:23:12 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9BFFB843; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:23:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bserver.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 38789-01; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:23:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.214.102] (kbuilt.transpack.com [192.168.214.102]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C1BB842; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:23:05 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <44004C21.9010300@allenmyland.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:22:57 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gargi Bodke References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at transpack.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ping timeout X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:23:14 -0000 Gargi Bodke wrote: > Hi > I am new to this list and new to freebsd also. I have a Freebsd server > set up with apache and qmail on it, with an ADSL connection to the > internet. Most of the time the server works fine but it is not available > early mornings and weekends. The machine is physically at my workplace and > has a static IP mapped to it by a Service provider. When I say not available > I am unable to ping it from home and a tracert also fails. When it started > happening I went to my work place to see if the server was down, But it has > always been up and running. Also even if the server is not rebooted the > machine becomes accessible after some time. Thinking it to be a network > problem I have complained to the ISP but they are unable to provide any > solution. > > Is it possible that a freebsd machine sleeps after being idle for some time? > Early mornings and weekends is the time when no one is in office that's why > am asking. Sorry if this sounds stupid but I ab unable to figure out the > cause so though I should give it a try on this list. > > I bet that your initial diagnosis is correct: your Internet connection at work is going down periodically. You need to try to get to work early or on the weekend when the problem is happening, and ideally have somebody at home or wherever you're doing the tracert from. It could also be a DNS problem. When you ping your server, are you pinging it by name or by IP address? Also, do you manage the firewall that your server sits behind? It sounds like the firewall may be programmed to block traffic during non-work hours. -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.