Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:35:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: VPM Support Staff <staff@vpm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get network to work Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215103353.292I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bd04e3$72aeaf60$0c983cd1@snews.vpm.com>
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On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, VPM Support Staff wrote: > I've read the docs, FAQ, Handbook, searched the mailling and newsgroups and > have not found what I need to resolve this problem. So here I am... > > I just installed 2.2.5-Release from CD-ROM. Everything installed fine. But > I'm having problems with the ipfw stuff. Even though it's not enabled, ipfw > is still 'deny all from any to any', which denies access to ping, > traceroute, route etc. And telnet, ftp, and all other networking. The default rule is to block everything. > Enabling 'allow all from any to any' as a rule fixes > this problem, but now I can't ping the router even though netstat -rn shows > it to be the default gateway. I want to keep the firewall stuff enabled in > the kernel and control it from ipfw, but it appears I'm missing something. That rule should re-enable all network functions. It depends on your routing tables and such being correct of course. Does the network work if you boot with a non-ipfw'd kernel? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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