Re: Simulating network hang

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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