connection problem

[Ian Freislich]

> With the system normally running using INN 2.3 I keep getting the following
> message:
> 
> Jan 21 14:43:03 mdanews innd: SERVER starting
> Jan 21 14:46:15 mdanews innfeed[390]: tx.news.verio.net:0 cxnsleep connect :
> Connection timed out
..^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Seems like the SYN_ACK from tx.news.verio.net is not getting back
to you, or your SYN is not making it there.

> Jan 21 14:46:15 mdanews innfeed[390]: tx.news.verio.net spooling no
> active connections
>
> I need someone's advise on how to track this loss of connection or
> give me so me Idea's where to look for the problem.

You can use tcpdump if you're running *BSD or snoop if you're
running SOLARIS to work out what's going on with the TCP connection.

-- 
Ian Freislich
UUNET S.A. (Pty) Ltd