I've tracked down the main problem with my server, but am not sure how to resolve it.
Specifically, my server will loose it's connection to the internet. It is only the server that looses it's connection. My workstation and firewall both perform fine. (standard network design here - IPCop firewall, with a server and workstation on the internal network, with static IPs). What I have found is that when my server is in this state, I can ping local addresses no problem, and can even ping the external IP address of the firewall. The moment I ping the outside address, everything works as it should for a short while (minute or so). Then I loose the connection (unless I have active traffic), and have to ping the external IP again. This appears to be a Gentoo specific issue for me. I say this because I have installed RH, Suse, and Mandrake on the server over the past year, and have never seen this problem. I have also tried to install Gentoo on my workstation (using a spare drive), and run into the exact same connectivity issues. I've checked the usual things. My route table looks correct, resolv.conf works fine when I'm able to connect to the net, and I never have connectivity issues from my workstation to the server. So, I think the network config is fine, but obviously it's not. Does anyone have any ideas what I've missed? Has anyone else seen this problem and resolved it? Thanks for any input. Shawn
