I think maybe I have it fixed, will have to wait till tomorrow or even Monday night before I'll know for sure since it's intermittant. It was really weird. At times the clients could send and receive email but couldn't get web pages, then it would switch to no email and the web would race along. Then it would stop altogether, then it would go. I could ping the gateway back at my office while they were down but couldn't get out onto the internet.
Turned out to be a run of cat5 over suspended ceiling got damaged. The electrician probably did it last week. I would never have thought you could produce these symptoms with physical damage to an ethernet cable, but this run was part of the feed from the aBO to the main hub. I checked with an ethernet cable tester and the first pair tested open. I replaced it and after an hour of testing it was still running fine. *sigh* A big part of 3 work days wasted on a damaged cable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Flood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] 2nd attempt, web comes and goes, email works > Roger, > > Who's doing your DNS? Have you tried to ping Google using the IP > address? If you can ping websites using the IP address and get there fine > then you have an intermittent DNS issue. > > Let us know! > > Bill > > At 09:36 AM 5/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I wrote about this yesterday, still grappling with it. I have a client with > >a mix of Macs and PCs behind an aBO. Had been working just fine. No router > >at their location, all static IPs. A few days ago their ability to go to > >websites would come to a halt on all computers. They can still use email. > >Sometimes everything works, sometimes it doesn't. From their building while > >they're down I can ping out to my gateway or mail server, can't ping web > >addresses. I've tried replacing the airBridge and power supply, even the > >antenna too while I was at it. I've tried disconnecting pieces of the > >network, but since this is intermittant it's difficult to pin down. And I > >tried associating with a different AP. What could cause behavior like this > >at one client's and not any others? > > > >Thanks - Roger > > > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > >smartBridges <yournickname> > >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > >smartBridges) > >Archives: http://198.63.203.6 > > Bill Flood > AirRunner Networks LLC --- We make the web fast! > If you get tired of the wait call 715-443-3700! > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://198.63.203.6 The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://198.63.203.6
