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Date:      Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:55:21 -0800
From:      Kirk Brogdon <kirk@alaptech.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   natd / tcpdump question
Message-ID:  <20001016115521.A349@bsd1.alaptech.com>

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I started getting flooded with the "natd[]: failed to write packet
back, (host is down) messages.  I found some archives where Crist Clark
said to run tcpdump on the interface and look for arps that weren't
getting an answer.  I tried that first on the outside net I/F (fxp0 
in my case) since that is how I have the natd interface configured
in rc.conf (natd_interface="fxp0").  This gave me what appeared to 
be every arp request for the cable network.  I then tried the 
tcpdump on my lan I/F (rl0) and got the following:

11:31:47.774308 arp who-has 132.17.0.60 (3:0:0:0:a1:26) tell 132.17.0.6
11:32:05.846045 arp who-has bsd1.alaptech.com tell alap2.alaptech.com
11:32:05.846078 arp reply bsd1.alaptech.com is-at 0:e0:29:70:43:5d
11:32:17.774797 arp who-has 132.17.0.60 (3:0:0:0:a1:26) tell 132.17.0.6
11:32:47.774879 arp who-has 132.17.0.60 (3:0:0:0:a1:26) tell 132.17.0.6
11:33:17.775523 arp who-has 132.17.0.60 (3:0:0:0:a1:26) tell 132.17.0.6

I have no idea who 132.17.0.60 is nor why I would see the requests
on my lan I/F.  I did a traceroute on that IP and got as far as
132.17.120.11 (about 18 hops).  If I try and ping 132.17.0.60, it
is refused (I assume it is behind a firewall).

Can anyone tell me what is going on and how I can make it stop?  I
do have my firewall set to open in rc.conf should that have 
anything to do with it.

Thanks - Kirk
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