Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:19:36 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: "r.query" <r.query@comcast.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question re firewall and configuration Message-ID: <20020814121936.GP389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <0H0U009T71SAG8@mtaout01.icomcast.net> References: <3D598F3A.7010301@owt.com> <0H0U009T71SAG8@mtaout01.icomcast.net>
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> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:10:20 -0400
> From: "r.query" <r.query@comcast.net>
> Subject: Question re firewall and configuration
> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
please, have your mua break lines at about 72 chars, please.
oh, and breaking text into shorter paragraphs makes the text easier
to read, improving your chances of getting replies.
> I have several machines I use as firewalls using FreeBSD-STABLE and
> IPFILTER. When I want to rebuild or update one, what I would like to
> do is to run it as a regular client machine behind a(nother) firewall
> machine and cvsup from there. What I have attempted to do in this
> case is to modify rc.conf to shut off one of the nic cards (the one
> assigned the outside or internet side of the network), shut off the
> kernel security option, shut off ipnat and ipfilter, reboot the
> machine and run cvsup. However, whenever I have tried this, I can
> never ping my local gateway or any other machine on my local network.
> I just get a "no route to host" error. I know this must be some
> simple error on my part, but I have not been able to find anything in
> posts on Google that have been helpful. Can someone here tell me
> where I am confused and messing this up? Thanks for any help.
i'll hazard to say that you forget to set gateway_enable="NO" and
defaultrouter="1.2.3.4" in your /etc/rc.conf
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