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Network access fails unless tcpdump is running?Hi, I can not ping a remote host successfully unless I have "tcpdump -i I am running Debian etch on a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop. The eth0 Any help or suggestions to solving this concern is really appreciated. Thanks, Marc -- -- Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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Network access fails unless tcpdump is running?
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:10:43 -0500
Marc D Ronell wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I can not ping a remote host successfully unless I have "tcpdump -i
> eth0" running, in which case, my network access works fine.
>
> I am running Debian etch on a Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop. The eth0
> address is static on my local LAN. Once tcpdump is running, the
> laptop can access the network with no problems.
>
> Any help or suggestions to solving this concern is really appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc
>
I would be interested to hear the explanation for this problem. I see
similar behaviour when trying to establish an ssh connection to a guest
OS running under qemu with the -redir option. The connection attempt
just hangs until I run 'tcpdump -i eth0' inside the guest. Very weird.
Not quite the problem you're having, but interesting nonetheless.
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Liam
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