RE: (PM) PM3 up for 37 days, then kaplooey

James Courtier-Dutton (dutton@livingston-ent.co.uk)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:18:53 +0100

Hello

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of Jon Rust
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 09:22
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: (PM) PM3 up for 37 days, then kaplooey
>
>
> pm3-2> version
> Livingston PortMaster PM-3 ComOS 3.8.2
> System uptime is 36 days 7 hours 56 minutes
>
>
> This portmast and one other stopped responding to telnet. That was the
> first clue something was wrong. I could connect using pmvision and a "sh
> netcon" revealed nothing unusual:
>
> pm3-2> sh netcon
> Hnd Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state)
> 98 0 0 209.239.239.7.1046 209.239.239.15.53 UDP
Could the following line be the waiting for telnet line, strange port
number?
> 88 0 0 209.239.239.7.2223 0.0.0.0.0 LISTEN
> 582 0 0 209.239.239.7.1023 205.228.248.17.514 UDP
> 9 0 0 209.239.239.7.1027 0.0.0.0.0 UDP
> 8 0 0 209.239.239.7.67 port116.dial.vc.68 UDP
> 6 0 0 209.239.239.7.1643 209.239.239.22.6273
> ESTABLISHED
> 5 0 0 209.239.239.7.161 209.239.239.17.4418 UDP
> 4 0 0 209.239.239.7.1649 209.239.239.5.1649 UDP
> 3 0 0 209.239.239.7.1026 209.239.239.17.1646 UDP
>
> 'sh mem' also didn't reveal anything-- somewhere around 800k available.
>
> Then the calls started. Everyone was hung on authenticating
> username. I did
> a 'sh ses' through pmvision and it showed a whole mess of empty ports, and
> a lot of ports with people in the "connecting" stage. Out of 46 ports that
> are usually 100% full, there were only 10 real logins, the rest
> were either
> empty or in the "connecting" state. Both portmasters had the exact same
> symptoms. And both had been up for nearly the exact amount of
> time (36 days
> 7 hours xx minutes).
>
> OSPF
> MCPPP
> PRI (NI-2 off of 5ess)
>
> A reboot cleared both of them up and everything is fine now. My other 2
> portmasters (with identical configs) were not effected (now up for 36 days
> 8+ hours).
>
> Weird.
>
> Jon
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