Re: Portmaster 2e dropping off the network
Marc Silverman (marc@inigo.cybernex.net)
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 01:59:26 -0400
On Sep 4, 9:20pm, Michael Dillon wrote:
> Subject: Re: Portmaster 2e dropping off the network
> On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Marc Silverman wrote:
>
> > 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:"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > prompt; rather, they get a " login:" prompt. Any help from those who might
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 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...
>
>
>
> Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022
> Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130
> http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
>-- End of excerpt from Michael Dillon
We have had a full DNS set up for quite some time and everything appears to be
(that is, reported by the portmaster) fine in the route tables.
--
Marc Silverman