brand new server timing out for sshd connections

[Rob W.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd at dfwlp.com>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:13 PM
Subject: brand new server timing out for sshd connections


>i have a brand new server i just configured, and most of the time the
> inbound connection to sshd times out.  (connection refused).  a few times
> tho, it works fine, but after a short while, it will kick me back off.
>
> system is based on nvidia chipsets, with the nve0 nic driver.  we switched
> in a re0 to see if that helped, but its getting the same behavior.
>
> server is connected to a small linksys 8 port switch that is fairly new.
>
> i would uname, but at this moment im unable to get into it, it keeps
> refusing me.  other things seem to work fine, but smtp seems to be
> affected by this same problem as well.
>
> hmm, dns is on an active directory DNS server, could this be the crappy
> version of the AAA records?  im pretty much otherwise at a loss why this
> system isnt behaving nicely.
>
> thanks,
> jonathan horne

The problem is, is that you have conflicting ip address on your network. 
Another server / computer on your network probally has the same IP address 
as the one you just setup.

Make shure you check the ip's on your network or assign your server a new ip 
and then see if it still does it.