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HALP! Something is in my tubes!

HALP! Something is in my tubes!. Part I by Jason Testart, IST. Overview. OSI Model Review of Ethernet, IP and common transport protocols A quick look at DHCP & DNS Scenarios we’ll cover: No DHCP No DNS Routing Problems Problem accessing a specific service on a specific server.

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HALP! Something is in my tubes!

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  1. HALP! Something is in my tubes! Part I by Jason Testart, IST

  2. Overview • OSI Model • Review of Ethernet, IP and common transport protocols • A quick look at DHCP & DNS • Scenarios we’ll cover: • No DHCP • No DNS • Routing Problems • Problem accessing a specific service on a specific server WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  3. OSI Model SMTP Layer 7 SSL TCP IP Ethernet Layer 1 1000BASE-T WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  4. Our Focus SMTP SSL Layer 4 TCP Layer 3 IP Layer 2 Ethernet 1000BASE-T WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  5. Ethernet • Layer 2 • Shared Medium • Addressing using a 48-bit “MAC” address • MAC address represented using 6 groups of 2 hex digits delimited by a ‘:’ or a ‘-’ WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  6. Internet Protocol • Layer 3 • Encapsulate data from a higher layer • Routers are computers that span several layer 2 networks • A router forwards packets from one network to another based on rules it has. • It’s all about addressing. WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  7. One Layer-3 NetworkFour Layer-2 Networks (shown) We don’t care about what’s in the cloud. WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  8. Layer 4 protocols • UDP • TCP • ICMP (ping/traceroute) • IGMP (multicast group management) • ESP (IPSec VPN) WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  9. UDP • Connectionless • Order not guaranteed • Unreliable • Uses ports, like TCP • DNS, NTP, DHCP WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  10. TCP • Connection oriented • Ordered • Reliable • Uses ports (0 to 65535) • SMTP, HTTP, IMAP WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  11. DHCP • A means of getting an IP address assigned • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp#DHCP_acknowledgement • On Windows, use “ipconfig /all | more” • On Unix/Linux, use “ifconfig –a | more” • 169.254.X.Y means trouble WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  12. Output of ifconfig (Linux) [jatestar@wiretap ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:80:17:EB inet addr:129.97.85.179 Bcast:129.97.85.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fe80:17eb/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5219908 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3462430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1024059373 (976.6 MiB) TX bytes:2395847731 (2.2 GiB) Interrupt:177 Base address:0x1424 WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  13. Extract of ipconfig output Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : uwaterloo.ca Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3B-7B-31-A1 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d173:7c70:199c:98f1%10(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.46.14(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : November-27-08 8:25:24 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : November-27-08 8:45:24 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.46.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.46.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.46.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  14. What if DHCP doesn’t work? • Check the cable. • Is there a link light? • VLAN setting OK in ONA? • Linux firewall too secure? • Call for help. WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  15. DNS • Name lookup can fail, but network is OK • Check your DNS resolver settings • Look for stale host table entries • Clear any DNS caching • Check connectivity using IP addresses WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  16. Handy IP addresses to memorize • 129.97.128.10 (nameserver) • 129.97.129.10 (nameserver) • 129.97.128.40 (www.uwaterloo.ca) • Your favourite off-campus site WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  17. Resolver settings • On *nix: /etc/resolv.conf • On Windows: Run nslookup (or ipconfig) C:\Users\jatestart>nslookup www.uwaterloo.ca Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.46.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: info.uwaterloo.ca Address: 129.97.128.40 Aliases: www.uwaterloo.ca WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  18. Hosts Table • *nix: /etc/hosts • Windows: hosts or lmhosts somewhere under System32 directory • Vista: drivers\etc\hosts • Keep only ‘localhost’ definitions in there, otherwise should be empty WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  19. DNS Caching • Caching to improve performance • Windows: “ipconfig /flushdns” • *nix: Do you have “nscd” running? WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  20. What if DNS doesn’t work? • Is the network OK? • Can you ping “129.97.128.40”? • Can you ping your fav site? (they allow ping, right?) • If network OK, complain that DNS is broken. WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  21. General Network Problems: Things to look for WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  22. Gateway • Need a gateway (router) to access the big bad Internet. • Does the computer know it? • If so, is it the correct one? • Can you ping the gateway? • Check all interfaces (wired & wireless) WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  23. Routing tables [jatestar@wiretap ~]$ netstat -nr Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 129.97.85.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 129.97.85.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 IPv4 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.46.1 192.168.46.14 25 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 192.168.46.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.46.14 281 192.168.46.14 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.46.14 281 192.168.46.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.46.14 281 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.46.14 281 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.46.14 281 =========================================================================== WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  24. Multiple default gateways? • Disable all but one network adapter • Wireless + wired can be problematic WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  25. No default gateway? • Are you sure DHCP is working? • Reboot. • If problem persists, call for help. WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  26. Can’t ping the gateway? • Use “arp” command to see if you have communicated. [jatestar@wiretap ~]$ /sbin/arp -an ? (129.97.85.1) at 00:0D:ED:C0:1F:C2 [ether] on eth0 C:\Users\jatestart>arp -a Interface: 192.168.46.14 --- 0xa Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.46.1 00-05-5d-2d-0a-37 dynamic 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  27. Client-Server Issues: Can’t access a specific service on a specific server? WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  28. What about that service? • Does the service use UDP or TCP? • What ‘port’ does the service use on the server? • Is there a specific port used on the client? • What’s the IP address of the server? WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  29. A word about ports Privileged ports (1-1023) • Most Operating systems won’t let just anyone bind to privileged ports • Notice most “servers” are on privileged ports? Ephemeral ports (typically 1024-65535) • Ports that clients bind to when talking to servers • Ephemeral port range varies from OS to OS and may be customized http://www.ncftp.com/ncftpd/doc/misc/ephemeral_ports.html WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  30. What’s connected? • Need to be privileged • On Windows: netstat –bn • On *nix: lsof -i -a -n WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  31. netstat on Windows C:\Windows\system32>netstat -bn Active Connections TCP 192.168.46.14:49222 129.97.128.141:993 ESTABLISHED [thunderbird.exe] TCP 192.168.46.14:49347 192.168.46.1:22 ESTABLISHED [SshClient.exe] WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  32. lsof on Linux COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME ntpd 5250 ntp 16u IPv4 13035 UDP *:ntp sshd 6337 root 3u IPv6 14240 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN) sshd 11337 root 3r IPv6 311941 TCP 192.168.46.1:ssh->192.168.46.14:49347 (ESTABLISHED) sshd 11339 jatestar 3u IPv6 311941 TCP 192.168.46.1:ssh->192.168.46.14:49347 (ESTABLISHED) WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  33. Can you connect to the port? • Use telnet to try connecting • Example: telnet 129.97.128.10 25 • 3 outcomes possible WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  34. Connected • You’re in! • If there’s a problem, it’s likely something other than the network WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  35. Connection Refused • You can connect to the host, but it’s telling you the service is not there. • Service is likely not running • Could be “tcp-wrapped” or application access control • Don’t blame the firewall! WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  36. Timeout • Connection attempt is hanging, or timed out • If you know your network is OK, and the server is OK, then something might be blocking you! • Host-based firewall? • IPSec Local Security Policy? • Router ACL? • Network firewall? WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

  37. Turning it over to Mike.... Thank You WatITis | Making the Future | December 2, 2008 | HALP! Something is my tubes!

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