From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 15 0:29: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [212.110.138.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D0014DF1 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:27:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.9.3/8.9.3/UCB) id KAA98346; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:26:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:26:06 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Matthew Hagerty Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: NATD, failed to write packet back, please help. Message-ID: <19990615102606.B95290@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Hagerty , FreeBSD Questions References: <4.1.19990614171413.009f9cd0@mail.venux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990614171413.009f9cd0@mail.venux.net>; from Matthew Hagerty on Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 05:15:47PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try looking the mailing list archives. I have answered a similar question some time ago... On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 05:15:47PM -0400, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > Greetings, > > I have had this error before but I was always able to find the problem (or > blame the service provider). I have a cable modem, FreeBSD-3.1-RELEASE, > and I am running NATD for my home network just fine. I set up a > 3.2-RELEASE box for a friend with a cable modem (same provider) and when I > bring the FreeBSD box online I get the dreaded "natd: failed to write > packed back" error. > > I know the NIC is good because I used it to communicate on my network > before connecting to my friends cable modem. I know the cable between the > NIC and the cable modem is good because it is the same one my friend was > using to connect his Win95 box to the cable modem. I know the cable modem > is good because when we connect the Win95 box back to the modem the service > works just fine. > > I configured this machine exactally the same way as I have mine. > IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT are in the custom kernel, gateway_enable="YES", > NATD interface set correctly, the whole 9 yards. My friend and I are > actually on the same leg for our service and only 7 IP addresses away from > each other. We use the same defaultrouter and netmask. I don't understand > what could be causing the FreeBSD box to not work. Any insight would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Matthew Hagerty > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@freebsd.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message