From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 25 14:47:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D8416A420 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:47:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gargibodke@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABFDD43D5E for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:47:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gargibodke@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i11so538496nzh for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:47:22 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Kx9oq9Rzs2GhQEBLg9xH+dOxzfWKRsforMyJ9hrEOVoji24me7OBIfa9qUyV/RTv4whWD+rpDl1pkmKE6+4u4NwRSESQpXxoD9KaW/Hm8aHHHBHDdYV9vGqx+SAyR6y0mPFEjrAX3fjSq0BEXsmdRUvQFAxmK1AMP1ukx2M3f+0= Received: by 10.65.239.3 with SMTP id q3mr1651906qbr; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:47:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.239.2 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:47:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:17:22 +0530 From: "Gargi Bodke" To: "Ken Stevenson" In-Reply-To: <44004C21.9010300@allenmyland.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <44004C21.9010300@allenmyland.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ping timeout X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:47:26 -0000 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 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 th= e > > 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 th= e > > 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. >