From owner-freebsd-net Fri Feb 26 19: 6:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8089814EBD; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:06:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA36942; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:06:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Jesse Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: natd: failed to write packet back In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:56:19 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:06:03 -0500 Message-ID: <36938.920084763@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jesse wrote in message ID : > Feb 26 01:09:09 mail natd: failed to write packet back (Host is down) > Feb 26 01:09:26 mail last message repeated 13 times I see this at home. Typically, it means my great cablemodem provider has screwed up again and I cannot resolve through ARP the MAC address of the upstream router. My guess is that is what is happening with you also. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message