Re: flushing routing tables

From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:46:32 GMT

C3 wrote:
> I suspected this may have been the case, but the evidence suggests this is a
> routing problem. After my IP changes, internet access is intermittent, and
> sometimes halts. I have to reload pages a couple of times before they'll
> load.
>
> If I re-run my iptables firewall script, access is restored properly, but
> only temporarily, i.e. for a couple of minutes at best.
>
> Any ideas what the problem could be?
>
>
>>Short answer:
>>You have a different problem from the one you think.

I have no specific ideas. If the problem really is a misconfigured
iptables script, try putting a bunch of logging statements into
netfilter and simultaneously running tcpdump on your external interface.
 It could be ugly, but the info provided would probably be enough to let
you know what's really going on.