Re: Simulating network hang

So it appears there is a buffet of methods for doing this. :)

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Elliott, Patrick < patrick.elliott_at_medtronic.com> wrote:

> You could configure the /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services file to run a
> script that sleeps for an hour also on the port that you want to time out.
>
>
> Pat
>
>
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> *Subject:* Re: Simulating network hang
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> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Chen Shapira <cshapi_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Oracle-L,
>>
>> I'm trying to simulate a situation (for testing) where any attempt to
>> make tcp connection to a machine hangs.
>> For example, connections using ssh or sqlplus hangs. No error message
>> (as seen when ssh server or listenere are down), just no reply.
>>
>> Any advice on how to create this state on purpose?
>> The OS is Linux RH3 and RH4.
>>
>>
>
> Temporarily add an entry to the hosts file on your test client,
> misdirecting
> to a non-existent IP address.
>
> This may or may not work, depending on where your client first looks
> to resolve IP addresses. Generally the hosts file comes first.
>
> Jared
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