> We have had exactly the same problem here. We have 20 modems plugged into a
> PM2e/30 that has suddenly decided from time to time to refuse all connections,
> requiring a cold-boot to fix. We have set security on the ports, set the modem
> init strings to conform to the ISP doc at livingston, and installed and tested
> the RADIUS software(Which is un-modified as of yet). The problem occurs with
> out warning, and on an inconsistant basis. We have noticed one other side
> effect is that the user logging in fails to get a "host.domain.blah login:"
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> prompt; rather, they get a " login:" prompt. Any help from those who might
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> have an inkeling on what might cause this would be appreciated.
Sounds like a DNS failure. Is it possible that the reason nobody can get
into the box (even telnet?) is because of a name-server or routing foulup?
Have you patiently waited at least 3 minutes to see if you can actually
get in via telnet? Then you could examine things like the routing tables...
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