Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 07:28:59 -0800 From: patl@asimov.volant.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Strange networking problem with 2.0.5 Message-ID: <9511031528.AA20340@asimov.volant.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi,
[ I tried sending this a few days ago, but then was apparently dropped
[ from all the FreeBSD mailing lists, so I didn't see any responses.
[ Since I can't even find my question in the archives, I'm assuming that
[ it didn't make it out after all. If you've already seen this and
[ responded to it -PLEASE- send me another copy of your reply.
I'm running 2.0.5 as a gateway machine between my LAN and the Internet.
I'm using Ethernet for the LAN, and a 28.8Kb modem with iijppp for the
connection to my Internet access provider. It is mostly working fine,
but I am experiencing two problems.
1. The link spontainiously drops rather frequently. It isn't timeouts,
and I haven't been able to determine whether the problem is at my end,
their end, or with the phone line itself.
This isn't a major problem since I can just set up a ping with a
sixty second interval to make sure the line is re-opened if necessary.
2. After a while (several hours to a few days - averages about two days),
it will get into a state where I can't make high-level connections
(e.g. finger) from the gateway to outside machines. Ping and traceroute
still work fine, and incomming mail/http/etc. connections still work fine,
but outgoing connections just hang. Re-starting the connection, or even
killing and re-starting the ppp process has no effect; the only way I've
found to fix it is to re-boot.
Any advice on how to find out what's going on here would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Pat
My opinions are my own. For a small royalty, they can be yours as well...
Pat Lashley, Senior Software Engineer, Henry Davis Consulting
patl@Phoenix.Volant.ORG || http://Phoenix.Volant.ORG/ || lashley@netcom.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9511031528.AA20340>