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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:34:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        chas <panda@peace.com.my>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2 NICs disable all network services. (Re: FBSD proxy between  firewall and LAN)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809171432490.2759-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980918020828.009c9f0c@mail.peace.com.my>

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On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, chas wrote:

> Added second NIC :
> ------------------
> Our FreeBSD box was working fine with one NIC. Upon adding a second
> NIC, network services didn't work. The extra NIC was detected as dmesg 
> shows below :

Please explain.  Provide lots of details.  

> fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 5 int a irq 9 on pci0:16:0
> fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:e4:c2:ed
> fxp1 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 2 int a irq 15 on pci0:18:0
> fxp1: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:cf:b8:b2
> 
> I also added the following to /etc/rc.conf :
> 
> network_interfaces="fxp0 fxp1 lo0"
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 202.184.153.5  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> ifconfig_fxp1="inet 10.0.0.1  netmask 255.255.255.0" 

Looks good to me.

> 1) rebuilt the kernel with OPTIONS IPFIREWALL enabled
> 2) set the following in /etc/rc.conf :
> 	firewall_enable="YES"
> 	firewall_type="OPEN"
> 	gateway_enable="YES"
> 3) /etc/rc.firewall was left as the default for "OPEN" which, if I 
>    understand this correctly, should let everything through :
>    $fwcmd add 100 pass all from any to any via lo0
>    $fwcmd add 200 deny all from any to 127.0.0.0/8
>    # Prototype setups.
>    if [ "${firewall_type}" = "open" -o "${firewall_type}" = "OPEN" ]; then
>          $fwcmd add 65000 pass all from any to any
> 
> This still didn't help. Again, dmesg and ifconfig report the NICs are there 
> but IP services are totally dead.

Turn on ipfw logging and see where things are going.

Doug White                               
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