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Date:      10 Jan 2001 17:16:19 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NATD errors
Message-ID:  <44itnnvyrw.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: akbeech@anchoragerescue.org's message of "10 Jan 2001 19:39:38 %2B0100"
References:  <01011009391300.67658@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>

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akbeech@anchoragerescue.org (Beech Rintoul) writes:

> I am running 4.2 on a gateway machine that is also doing public DNS. This box 
> is connected via static IP to a cable modem.  The problem is with NATD, I'm 
> getting almost constant errors saying Failure to write back packet....host is 
> down.  Aside from that everything is working properly. Is there any way to 
> disable that message, or reconfigure to stop it? 

That message means that *after* the packet has been NAT'd, an ipfw
rule is blocking it.  Look at your firewall rules and figure out why.


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