#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "Connection refused" against "No route to host" against a timeout # Fix : Resolve the routing or the rejection # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-net-refused-vs-timeout # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # No route to host -- an unreachable message came back from somewhere. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Routes added with ip route are not persistent and vanish at reboot; # remove with ip route del. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "Connection refused" against "No route to host" against a timeout" echo " Resolve the routing or the rejection" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Check the local routing table and which route would be used.' '' cmd 'ip route show' 'ip route get 10.0.0.20'; then ip route show ip route get 10.0.0.20 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'If there is no default route, add one -- or fix the interface configuration that should have provided it.' '' cmd 'sudo ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth0'; then sudo ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth0 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Check ARP resolution on the local segment. An incomplete entry means the host is not answering at layer 2.' 'An incomplete ARP entry for a machine on the same subnet points at the switch, the VLAN or a duplicate address -- none of which are visible from higher-level tools.' cmd 'ip neigh show'; then ip neigh show if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Check for an explicit reject route, which a VPN client can leave behind.' '' cmd 'ip route show | grep -E '\''unreachable|prohibit|blackhole'\'''; then ip route show | grep -E 'unreachable|prohibit|blackhole' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Check the far end'\''s firewall is rejecting rather than dropping -- a firewalld zone set to reject produces this error rather than a timeout.' '' cmd 'sudo firewall-cmd --get-active-zones' 'sudo firewall-cmd --list-all'; then sudo firewall-cmd --get-active-zones sudo firewall-cmd --list-all if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'ip route get returns the expected path and the connection succeeds.' rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-net-refused-vs-timeout" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Routes added with ip route are not persistent and vanish at reboot; remove with ip route del.' rule