dhcp problems (i think)

[cape canaveral]

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:28:36 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at magnesium.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 12:46:21PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
> 
> > Gary Kline <kline at magnesium.net> writes:
> >
> > >     I messed up something on myh primary server, where I run
> > >     dhcp.  Since I did whatever-it-was, ssh takes at least two
> > >     minutes to get from NS1 (aka 'sage'), and anywhere else.
> > >
> > >     Only on sage can I type 'ping foo.org' and get an immediate
> > >     responce.  On any other server, typing 'ping' hangs forever.
> > >     There is no "No route to server" error.  Of course nothing
> > >     else works across my private network.  Nothing is
> > >     resolvable.  This suddenly since around 18:00 local time.
> > >
> > >     In /var/db, myleases look valid.  (I just installed the newest
> > >     dhcp-server.  Zip.  Anbody know where I'm screwing up?
> >
> > Sounds more like DNS problems...
> >
> 
>         I did have one DNS error having to do with an incorrectly
>         listed secondary.  Fixed it; made sure.  Still same symptoms.
> 
>         (I *was* mucking around with adding phpbb and other ports
>         a few hours before dhcpd went south... Can't imagine how
>         this would have affected anything.)
> 
> 
> 
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Verify you can hit the other machine by IP, which will let you know
(hopefully) whether it's DNS or routing.  Verify the contents of
/etc/resolv.conf and the output of ifconfig -a maybe they will tell
you something.


-Aaron