From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3B71369C.A19FA1A2@seranoa.com> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 08:54:52 -0400 From: Andrew Dixon MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "'linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org'" 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: Check out the NAG: http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/nag2/index.html and there are probably a bunch of mail lists for Red Hat Network Administration. I can't recommend one because I use Debian. (If you want to upgrade your server from Dead Rat to Debian though debian-user@lists.debian.org is a great list ;) later, Andy 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. > > Here's my routing table.. > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 192.168.254.13 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 > 0 eth0 > 192.168.254.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 > 0 0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 > 0 0 lo > default 192.168.254.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > > Thanks! > Kevin Fry > -- Andrew Dixon Software Engineer Seranoa Networks 978.897.3434 x231 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/