From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 28 00:10:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D2916A407 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rob@fiberuplink.com) Received: from mail.fiberuplink.com (helix.fiberuplink.com [66.29.73.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BB6B13C478 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rob@fiberuplink.com) Received: (qmail 23351 invoked by uid 1032); 28 Jan 2007 00:09:57 -0000 Received: from 208.107.101.135 by helix.fiberuplink.com (envelope-from , uid 1032) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/1598. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(208.107.101.135):SA:0(-1.8/4.0):. Processed in 3.45408 secs); 28 Jan 2007 00:09:57 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=4.0 X-Antivirus-FiberUplink-Mail-From: rob@fiberuplink.com via helix.fiberuplink.com X-Antivirus-FiberUplink: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(208.107.101.135):SA:0(-1.8/4.0):. Processed in 3.45408 secs Process 23343) Received: from host-135-101-107-208.midco.net (HELO rob) (rob@fiberuplink.com@208.107.101.135) by mail.fiberuplink.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2007 00:09:54 -0000 Message-ID: <002501c74270$aa89dac0$0a32a8c0@rob> From: "Rob W." To: References: <1488.192.168.125.138.1169936019.squirrel@webmail.dfwlp.org> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:10:06 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: Re: brand new server timing out for sshd connections 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: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:10:01 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Horne" To: Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:13 PM Subject: brand new server timing out for sshd connections >i have a brand new server i just configured, and most of the time the > inbound connection to sshd times out. (connection refused). a few times > tho, it works fine, but after a short while, it will kick me back off. > > system is based on nvidia chipsets, with the nve0 nic driver. we switched > in a re0 to see if that helped, but its getting the same behavior. > > server is connected to a small linksys 8 port switch that is fairly new. > > i would uname, but at this moment im unable to get into it, it keeps > refusing me. other things seem to work fine, but smtp seems to be > affected by this same problem as well. > > hmm, dns is on an active directory DNS server, could this be the crappy > version of the AAA records? im pretty much otherwise at a loss why this > system isnt behaving nicely. > > thanks, > jonathan horne The problem is, is that you have conflicting ip address on your network. Another server / computer on your network probally has the same IP address as the one you just setup. Make shure you check the ip's on your network or assign your server a new ip and then see if it still does it.