Dear Ron Thank you very much for your reply . As I am far from the site , I will check for the your comments ASAP . In the mean time , can you please do me favor and let me know how can I add the "netconf" utility to the server as it is a good facility to check/modify the Ethernet driver kernel module ? Your reply is very welcome Regards H.Motamedi
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2009-08-16 06:43, hadi motamedi wrote: > >> Dear All >> Please be informed that we have an Linux server that it recenty got a >> problem on its Ethernet port . As its communications with the outside >> world >> is through its Ethernet port , we recently figured it out that it can no >> longer being PING from the other clients' sides . We checked on the server >> and we can see the network messages when enabling the "tcpdump" on it to >> listen to the network . Please be informed that its Ethernet driver is as >> "via-rhine" , as can be read from the "lsmod" output .Can you please do me >> favor and let me know what is wrong on our Linux server that prevents the >> other clients to have reply when PING it ? >> > > Can the server ping the clients? > > Did you set an iptables rule that rejects ICMP packets? > > Did someone screw up the client's routing or DNS tables? > > What if you try pinging the server's IP address instead of it's name? > > -- > Scooty Puff, Sr > The Doom-Bringer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > >
