From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 00:06:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7ED106564A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:06:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shawn@tandac.com) Received: from alder.hosix.com (alder.hosix.com [207.58.168.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7193B8FC15 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:06:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shawn@tandac.com) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=alder.hosix.com) by alder.hosix.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LcqFi-0003Th-Mg for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:06:54 -0500 Received: from 206.108.16.89 ([206.108.16.89]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user shawn@tandac.com) by alder.hosix.com with HTTP; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:06:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3853.206.108.16.89.1235693214.squirrel@alder.hosix.com> In-Reply-To: <3650.206.108.16.89.1235691792.squirrel@alder.hosix.com> References: <3650.206.108.16.89.1235691792.squirrel@alder.hosix.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:06:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Shawn Everett" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alder.hosix.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tandac.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Router Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:06:56 -0000 Sorry I meant to say FreeBSD 7.0 :) > Hi Guys, > > Here's a weird one... I set up FreeBSD 5.2 to act as a router. I used > the pf.conf script shown at: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/pools.html#outgoing > > Everything works just fine. Traffic is appropriately load balanced and > things work as expected. > > Strangely after a few hours something just stops routing traffic. I can't > ping the remote gateways either. Both external interfaces still show the > correct IP addresses. Rebooting the BSD box solves the problem. Nothing > else gets rebooted. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Shawn >