Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:55:28 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Squires <mikes@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: 4.4-STABLE + NAT + firewall = no @Home support Message-ID: <200110212055.f9LKtSA00833@ct980320-b.blmngtn1.in.home.com>
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I've been running FreeBSD as my NAT router and firewall for some time now. In August I started having connectivity problems (no Ethernet errors, just cable modem dropping link to head end) which has continued to this day through several 4.3 and 4.4 versions. @Home's Tier I support told me today that "no software firewall of any kind" is supported (no I'm not making this up) and that I'd have to switch to a "hub" (by which he meant a router/switch combination like the D-Link or Linksys products. He was unable to suggest a hardware firewall that was supported. Searching the @Home (athome.*) newsgroups didn't turn up any evidence of this policy. I'm running 4.4-STABLE with the required name in dhclient.conf and have no problems getting recognized. netstat -i never shows outbound errors (actually, with the Pro100+'s I've never seen errors on either the cable modem connection or the inside interface at 100Mbits full duplex). The built-in Web monitor to the cable modem shows no errors in its logs. Any ideas? MLS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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