[rhn-users] Server goes to "sleep". E-mail, web won't respond.

[Rob Myroon]

Hi again,

I have figured out how to use tcpdump but I have a question that I hope 
someone can answer.

Does tcpdump report the packets that are coming into the computer before 
the computer does anything to the packets (ie. drop them)? By this I 
mean, does tcpdump show the packets before the firewall gets them or 
some other program gets them (and filters some packets out)?

Thank you for the help,

Rob


Rob Myroon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem that has me stumped and I don't know where to look.
> 
> I am running OpenExchange and the server has periods where it will not
> respond to an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Netscape. Also,
> sometimes our website and webmail will not respond either. And then a
> bit later, sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes longer, the server will wake
> up and everything will start working normally.
>