[vox-tech] Another Round of eth0 Problemas

[Karalius, Joseph]

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> [mailto:vox-tech-bounces at lists.lugod.org]On Behalf Of Ken Herron
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:39 AM
> To: lugod's technical discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Another Round of eth0 Problemas
> 
> 
> Karalius, Joseph wrote:
> 
> >jkaralius at mmagnet:~> ssh mmagdb
> >6147: ssh: connect to address 207.247.90.26 port 22: 
> Connection refused
> >  
> >
> "Connection refused" specifically means that the local system 
> successfully contacted the remote system, and the remote 
> system wasn't 
> accepting connections on the port in question. In other words, 
> 207.247.90.26's NIC is fine, the network between you and it 
> is fine, but 
> it claims not to be running an ssh daemon at the moment.

I had our WAN guy check for any IP duplicates of mmagdb, none found.  

> 
> It sounds like you might have another computer on your LAN using the 
> same IP address. These mass disconnection events occur when the other 
> computer sends out a packet and your switches decide 207.247.90.26 is 
> suddenly attached to a different port and using a different 
> ARP address.
> 
> Another possibility is that mmagdb is behind some kind of NAT 
> router or 
> stateful firewall, and the router is going nuts every so often.

I don't have a firewall set up on this machine, this problem occurs within
the context of our Intranet, which of course is behind a firewall to the
Internet.

Joey