comp.os.linux.networking

Shadow_7 wrote:

> Is there any tricks for capturing via strace, tcpdump, or other way to see
> all of the DNS requests (in plain text) to see if that is the issue. Via
> putting them in the /etc/hosts file to bypass DNS lookup.

Most of the time, some flaky client will try to some server that's
either overloaded or even offline.

You could try switching from MASQUERADE to SNAT in iptables. or the
other way around. (hoping it would be some iptables bug or something).

As far as monitoring traffic goes, try using iptraf.

-R-