[arch-general] Strange network problem

[Dave Reisner]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:15:18PM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've got a strange problem with a machine that had a fresh install
> three weeks ago. Nothing new has been installed on it since then.
> 
> About one time in four, after that machine has been booted, a ssh
> to it (on a LAN) fails with 'no route to host'. Using ip link and
> ip addr on it shows everything is OK, it's not a NIC that gets the

And 'ip r' shows the machine has a default route to the gateway? It's a
two way street.

Do you have any roblems with outbound connections originating from this
machine?

d

> wrong name or so. The network on that machine is set up using netcfg,
> in the recommended way (/etc/conf.d/netcfg).
> 
> Rebooting has solved the problem in all cases.

Sounds delightfully racy.

> Any hints as to what is going wrong ?

I'm not sure there's enough info here for anyone to do anything more
than guess.