[nzlug] Virtualization + ethernet/ping issues.

[Robin Sheat]

On Wednesday 13 February 2008 11:52:11 Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> Occasionally, a site will be reported as down, where it actually is not.
> We often check using a server on the same part of the network as the
> monitoring server. In this case, the ping packets come back just fine on
> the other server, so our monitoring server has a fault.
Just a shot in the dark, but there's not some firewalling kicking in perhaps? 
Something that sees something it thinks is suspect from the remote host and 
starts blocking its traffic?

Doesn't seem likely, but may spark useful ideas :)

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