Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:07:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: brian@Awfulhak.org, rivers@dignus.com Cc: dan@dpcsys.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Here's a NATD thingy to try out... Message-ID: <199809251707.NAA19772@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <199809250008.BAA24139@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
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Brian writes: > > > > > > On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > I'm using 2.2.6 - and perhaps this has already been addressed in 2.2.7; > > > > and maybe 3.0. > > > > > > > > But, on an "interior" host (one which is not directly connected to > > > > the internet); when I use netscape and try to get to AOL (it's just > > > > an example page I've found), I discover that the page will never > > > > make it. > > > > > > I had a 2.2.6 box w/ natd and ipfw handling a bunch of PCs at a > > > trade show a month ago. Everything worked just fine. And while > > > I never tried to get to AOL I'm sure several of the booth visitors > > > did. > > > > > > Do you only see this with the URL above or some subset of the > > > Internet or does nothing work? > > > > Most things work just fine; it's only the odd HTTP reference that seems > > to go ger-flunkers. > > > > http://www.aol.com is an example of a place where netscape running > > on an interior node won't succeed; but netscape running on the gateway > > machine works just fine. > > I can get www.aol.com with: > > woof --->(LAN)---> gate --->(ppp -alias) ---> 'net ---> aol.com > > Are you sure this isn't a tcp_extensions problem ? > Nope - not sure. I do have TCP extensions enabled on the gateway machine. Also - however - I'm not using ppp -alias, I'm using natd and SL/IP. But, they both go through libalias, don't they? So, that shouldn't matter... I'll try turning off TCP extensions and seeing what happens. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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