I have a RH 7.1 server set up as a DCHP, SAMBA, Apache, MySQL server and more. It is linked to a 3com 8port hub which is uplinked to a Linksys BEFSX41 Firewall Router, assigned a static IP by my ADSL provider. This location is called "Carnduff".
I have a second location ("Carlyle") with a Win2k machine (also with a static IP on ADSL) which is trying to telnet to my router's IP, which then forwards the request to my Linux server. A telnet connection can be established reliably, but for some reason it keeps getting dropped after a little while.
If I go to my Win2k machine in Carnduff I can ping and tracert to Carlyle no problem. If I go to my Linux command prompt here in Carnduff I can ping with no problem but the command "./sbin/traceroute xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" times out. I am wondering if this indicates part of the problem.
Here is my ./sbin/ifconfig result:
> ./sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03
7:6D:65
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5577939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:7178002 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:10
collisions:2080678 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6155 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
Here is my ./sbin/route results
> ./sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.10 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Note the high number of collisions for eth0. Any suggestions and help would be great. I have had someone from a whole different part of North America try to hold the telnet session and they eventually got bumped too ("host closed connection").
TIA.
calebsg
RH 7.1 Server, Linksys Router, telnet not stable
