From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 25 14:56:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA19569 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:56:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA19488 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:56:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA17531 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA06065; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:49:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA00340; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:23:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id RAA20347; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:53:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199809252153.RAA20347@lakes.dignus.com> To: brian@Awfulhak.org, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Here's a NATD thingy to try out... Cc: dan@dpcsys.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <199809251707.NAA19772@lakes.dignus.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dave Rivers writes: > 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 - > Well - I turned off TCP extensions on the gateway machine - no effect. The gateway can get to http://www.aol.com; an interior machine will simply not be able to retrieve the page. Now, this is with 2.2.6 - do you happen to be using 2.2.7? - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message