From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 27 4:14:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD8114F2F; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 04:14:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA29908; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:14:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA09426; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:14:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.1/8.6.9) id HAA20177; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:14:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:14:02 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199902271214.HAA20177@lakes.dignus.com> To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, j@lumiere.net Subject: Re: natd: failed to write packet back Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <36938.920084763@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Jesse wrote in message ID > : > > Feb 26 01:09:09 mail natd: failed to write packet back (Host is down) > > Feb 26 01:09:26 mail last message repeated 13 times > > I see this at home. Typically, it means my great cablemodem > provider has screwed up again and I cannot resolve through ARP the MAC address > of the upstream router. My guess is that is what is happening with you also. > > Gary You'll also see this message if you're running nat with a dynamic connection (e.g. a dialup PPP or SL/IP line.) When the modem is down the network is still up ... but, because the modem is down, the packets can't be written... - Dave R. - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message