From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc D Ronell Subject: Network access fails unless tcpdump is running? Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:22:24 -0500 Message-ID: <87y7mg4vm7.fsf@corps.glidepath.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:59773 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965525AbXCATaS (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:30:18 -0500 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HMqyY-0005u3-5B for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:30:02 +0100 Received: from pool-71-255-169-178.bstnma.east.verizon.net ([71.255.169.178]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:30:02 +0100 Received: from mronell by pool-71-255-169-178.bstnma.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:30:02 +0100 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi, I can not ping a remote host successfully unless I have "tcpdump -i eth0" running, in which case, my network access works fine. I am running Debian etch on a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop. The eth0 address is static on my local LAN. Once tcpdump is running, the laptop can access the network with no problems. Any help or suggestions to solving this concern are really appreciated. Thanks, Marc --