From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3B705B22.366AE18F@adtran.com> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 16:18:26 -0500 From: Ron Flory MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Fry Cc: linuxppc emb3dd3d list Subject: Re: Strange bootpd behavior (server side) References: <3B703ADA.9ADAFBAD@carts.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Kevin Fry wrote: > > I'm having a small problem with our redhat 6.2 bootp server and maybe > yous guys can shed some light on it for me. The problem is that > whenever our DSL internet connection is down(which is too much.. I wish > cable was available!), the bootpd stops responding to requests.. I can > see the requests with tcpdump, but no replys. and when the internet is > up sometimes is takes a little bit for the bootpd to respond to > requests. > I think it's doing DNS resolution and if it can't find a DNS server > when the net's down, it just stops working. Does linux automatically do > name resolution on every address it gets? If so can i turn this off? > Our network is behind a DSL modem/router (Flowpoint 2200) acting as > gateway(192.168.254.254), and we have 3 switches after that. > A lot of the time the router is finicky with linux even when > everything is working.. I know this is a bit off topic, but ANY > suggestions are very welcome. it sounds like 'fun with PAM' that causes similar problems with my TFTP server. I need to write a simple inetd replacement (sans PAM) just for TFTP, so we don't get killed by the delays caused by PAM authorization checks. ron ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/