Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:05:36 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Matthew Pope <mpope@teksavvy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connection timed out Message-ID: <448xf3hw0f.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <45CF9010.7040905@teksavvy.com> (Matthew Pope's message of "Sun\, 11 Feb 2007 16\:52\:16 -0500") References: <45CF9010.7040905@teksavvy.com>
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Matthew Pope <mpope@teksavvy.com> writes: > I am trying to resolve a connection timed out problem. The problem > occurs when I attempt to ssh, or http to my freebsd host from my > windows (2K) box. About 3/4 of the time I get a "Connection timed > out" when I attempt to ssh into the freebsd host. > Coincident with this behaviour, I can not ping my windows box from the > freebsd host, and when I try I get no packets returned. > > Meanwhile, the freebsd box at no time has any problems pinging google, > only the local network. I recall having a sockets timeout variable or > something that needed tuning when I ran freebsd as a http / ssh server > before . Can someone provide a hint as to how I can resolve this? > Thanks, > Matthew > > -bash-2.05b$ uname -a > FreeBSD ns.mbpesecurity.com 6.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 > #0: Mon Oct 23 00:47:22 EDT 2006 root@ns.mbpesec > urity.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MPKERNEL i386 Does the FreeBSD box access the Internet through the same link as it reaches the Windows machine? [I'm guessing not, but you didn't say.] Is there anything in the logs or on the console? Does the link light stay on for the FreeBSD machine?
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