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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:05:58 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: "No route to host" when trying to connect to FTP server on the Internet
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On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Redd Vinylene wrote:
> I think I just got some help on IRC:
>
> <Pulpie> is it on the local network of your firewall and not this  
> computer?
> <me> yes!
> <Pulpie> thats why you can't connect to it
>
> Suggestions on how to fix this problem using pf would be greatly  
> appreciated though.
>
> Many thanks!

The canonical method would be to set up split DNS, or even just add  
an /etc/hosts entry with the hostname listing the LAN IP rather than  
an external IP.

-- 
-Chuck




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