On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 19:55 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > We have a server, 10.0.0.215/192.168.5.15 which is also on the outside > network (it can get to the network, but people can't get to it). > > So generally if you are logged into it you can do things like ping > yahoo.com, ping goole.com, http://mail.yahoo.com, etc. > > > > Recently, it started acting up. I could get to other 192.168.5.X > machines and also to 10.X.X.X machines, but could not get out > > (pinging externally did not work). The firewall did not change. > After playing around a bit with neat, and stopping eth0 (192.168.5.15) > > and starting it again, I was agin able to reach the outside. > > > > You'd think it may be a problem with the network, but other > 192.168.5.X machines were able to get out. > > > > I am not sure what might be causing this problem. Seems to happen a > few times. Other starnge things too like freeze ups when > > trying to SCP, etc. > > > > /var/log/messages did ask "do you have some kind of strange power > saving setting?" but I could not find anything. Looked in preferences > > and system settings. > > > > Any ideas? ---- crystal ball cloudy... output of? /sbin/ifconfig /sbin/route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>