Re: Ping timeout
I ping the IP. DNS is fine. I use the same ISP as the server. So when it works the server is 2 hops away. Will check out on Freebsd firewalls. On 2/25/06, Ken Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gargi Bodke wrote: > > Hi > > I am new to this list and new to freebsd also. I have a Freebsd > server > > set up with apache and qmail on it, with an ADSL connection to the > > internet. Most of the time the server works fine but it is not > available > > early mornings and weekends. The machine is physically at my workplace > and > > has a static IP mapped to it by a Service provider. When I say not > available > > I am unable to ping it from home and a tracert also fails. When it > started > > happening I went to my work place to see if the server was down, But it > has > > always been up and running. Also even if the server is not rebooted the > > machine becomes accessible after some time. Thinking it to be a network > > problem I have complained to the ISP but they are unable to provide any > > solution. > > > > Is it possible that a freebsd machine sleeps after being idle for some > time? > > Early mornings and weekends is the time when no one is in office that's > why > > am asking. Sorry if this sounds stupid but I ab unable to figure out the > > cause so though I should give it a try on this list. > > > > > I bet that your initial diagnosis is correct: your Internet connection > at work is going down periodically. You need to try to get to work > early or on the weekend when the problem is happening, and ideally > have somebody at home or wherever you're doing the tracert from. > > It could also be a DNS problem. When you ping your server, are you > pinging it by name or by IP address? > > Also, do you manage the firewall that your server sits behind? It > sounds like the firewall may be programmed to block traffic during > non-work hours. > > -- > Ken Stevenson > Allen-Myland Inc. > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Ping timeout
Gargi Bodke wrote: Hi I am new to this list and new to freebsd also. I have a Freebsd server set up with apache and qmail on it, with an ADSL connection to the internet. Most of the time the server works fine but it is not available early mornings and weekends. The machine is physically at my workplace and has a static IP mapped to it by a Service provider. When I say not available I am unable to ping it from home and a tracert also fails. When it started happening I went to my work place to see if the server was down, But it has always been up and running. Also even if the server is not rebooted the machine becomes accessible after some time. Thinking it to be a network problem I have complained to the ISP but they are unable to provide any solution. Is it possible that a freebsd machine sleeps after being idle for some time? Early mornings and weekends is the time when no one is in office that's why am asking. Sorry if this sounds stupid but I ab unable to figure out the cause so though I should give it a try on this list. I bet that your initial diagnosis is correct: your Internet connection at work is going down periodically. You need to try to get to work early or on the weekend when the problem is happening, and ideally have somebody at home or wherever you're doing the tracert from. It could also be a DNS problem. When you ping your server, are you pinging it by name or by IP address? Also, do you manage the firewall that your server sits behind? It sounds like the firewall may be programmed to block traffic during non-work hours. -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Ping timeout
Hi I am new to this list and new to freebsd also. I have a Freebsd server set up with apache and qmail on it, with an ADSL connection to the internet. Most of the time the server works fine but it is not available early mornings and weekends. The machine is physically at my workplace and has a static IP mapped to it by a Service provider. When I say not available I am unable to ping it from home and a tracert also fails. When it started happening I went to my work place to see if the server was down, But it has always been up and running. Also even if the server is not rebooted the machine becomes accessible after some time. Thinking it to be a network problem I have complained to the ISP but they are unable to provide any solution. Is it possible that a freebsd machine sleeps after being idle for some time? Early mornings and weekends is the time when no one is in office that's why am asking. Sorry if this sounds stupid but I ab unable to figure out the cause so though I should give it a try on this list. Thanks Gargi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
