my server gets a read timed out message on the console and does not allow people to join. when commands are typed in the console nothing responds. it doesn't really throw any errors prior to doing this and there are no documented events happening at the time of the shutdown/shutout. ive been trying to troubleshoot that its a plugin problem with no success. i really need to get this figured out as i have many dedicated players who are getting slightly aggravated with this situation.
SAME http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/minecraft-server-crashing-read-time-out-help.18092/ Check that out, reply what you're running, let's get a dev to see this!