>
> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:20:25 -0400,
> John Jasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> >> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:20:26 -0400,
> >> John Jasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >When we use kdb on one of the systems, the other system stops receiving
> >> >packets.
> >>
> >> man linux/Documentation/kdb/kdb.mm, section Interrupts and KDB.
> >
> >I would expect one system to fall off the network, when it is put into
> >kdb. However, why does it have any effect on the other system, which may
> >or may not be in kdb?
>
> It does not. kdb is intrusive when it trips but even it cannot reach
> across a network and stop another machine. Look for a networking
> problem on the other system.
>
Might the machine running kdb also be acting as a gateway or router
for the other boxen? This would account for the lack of connectivity.
scott