From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 2 06:37:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA16567 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:37:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA16250 for ; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:32:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA22153; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 16:31:25 +0200 From: John Hay Message-Id: <199603021431.QAA22153@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: Following config file kills network, why? To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 16:31:25 +0200 (SAT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Jaye Mathisen" at Mar 2, 96 00:09:39 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > THis config file when compiled on -current (2/28/96) fails. It also fails > on any recent -stable, although it compiles and runs fine on a > 2.1-release box. (Modulo the 686 stuff). > > The symptom is simple. Basically everything works, except the 3com > card. when ever I try to use it, I get no output (no tx on the tp), and > ping reports "sendto: Permission denied". > >.... > > options IPFIREWALL > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE > options IPACCT > I haven't tried it myself, but from what I understood of the new firewall code is that it is enabled by default and the default rule is to disable everything. Try it without the IPFIREWALL options or add a rule at the beginning of /etc/netstart to allow what you want. John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za