Topic: Mail server not responding

[Ed B]

Running ESmith server 4.1.2 all has been fine for 2 years ... but suddenly I am having problems with email. It is an erratic problem where users can send and receive email just fine one minute then out of the blue they cannot. If they wait a few minutes then all of a sudden it begins working again. Really weird stuff!!
Here is what I have been getting when I ping my internal nic side

Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255

When repeated seconds later ... notice the TTL

Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32

Here is what I have been getting when I ping my external nic side

Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =  0ms, Average =  0ms

Any ideas on why this started happening and what I can do to fix??
I have already replaced the internal network adapter. Thanks

[Charlie Brady]

Ed B wrote:

> When repeated seconds later ... notice the TTL
>
> Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=255
> Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32
> Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32
> Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=32

You have two different hosts claiming 192.168.10.11.

Charlie

[Ed B]

Thanks ... I found the culpret and it works fine now