From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 2 7: 9:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from marcos.networkcs.com (marcos.networkcs.com [137.66.16.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3266F37B406 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from us.msp.networkcs.com (us.networkcs.com [137.66.12.15]) by marcos.networkcs.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA15071; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:09:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hinman@networkcs.com) Received: (from hinman@localhost) by us.msp.networkcs.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id JAA04808; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:09:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hinman) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:09:10 -0500 From: "Lee E. Hinman Ph.D." To: xique Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: traceroute only works after ping Message-ID: <20011002090910.D89950@us.msp.networkcs.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from xique-list@subatomic.net on Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:49:47AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is just a guess but it sounds like the ping is correctly establishing the NAT, while the traceroute does not. Try doing: traceroute -P tcp traceroute is usually UDP and your router may not be setting up the NAT correctly, this might fix the problem. Lee On 10/01, xique wrote: > Perhaps someone can help explain this odd behavior. If I do a traceroute to > any host on the Internet it times out. If I ping the host first and then do > a traceroute it works fine. > > Things I have checked based on searching the mailing list archives: > > I am not running ipfw (firewall_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf) > I am not running ipf (ipfilter_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.comf) > > Other facts: > > This machine is running a generic, clean copy of FreeBSD 4.4. > I have a Linksys BEFSR11 (one-port) router with default configuration. > My 'net connection is an AT&T/RoadRunner/MediaOne cable modem. > > Even though I have an easy work-around I'd still appreciate help figuring > out why this is happening. Thanks! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message End included message from xique -- Lee E. Hinman, Ph.D. netASPx (612) 337-3442 - office (612) 670-4514 - cell lee.hinman@netaspx.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message