From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 3 12: 4: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail5.mx.voyager.net (mail5.mx.voyager.net [216.93.66.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89DF37B405 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:04:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mhagerty@voyager.net) Received: from thunderbird.voyager.net (216-93-124-123.mdmmi.voyager.net [216.93.124.123]) by mail5.mx.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f73J2q393448; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:02:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20010803150112.02841d30@pop.voyager.net> X-Sender: mhagerty@pop.voyager.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:05:44 -0400 To: "Scott Reese" , From: Matthew Hagerty Subject: Re: natd[135]:failed to write packet back In-Reply-To: <010601c11c46$20b8e080$1800a8c0@borges> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10:59 AM 8/3/2001 -0700, Scott Reese wrote: >Hello, > >I just set up a gateway using ipfw and natd is forwarding packets between my >internal network and the Internet. I keep seeing the message natd[135]: >failed to write packet back (permission denied). A quick look up of 135 in >services shows "loc-srv" as the thing that is having problems. I can't find >any documentation about this (I've searched the list and there are no man >pages that I can find. I'm running 4.3-RELEASE. Does anyone have any idea >of what loc-srv might be and why natd is trying to write packets back to it? >Does anyone know what service uses loc-srv? Thanks in advance for any help. > >-Scott It usually means that the external interface went down. That is the message I get when my cable modem service goes out for some reason (loss of power, bad weather, farmer with a back-hoe, etc.) It could also mean that your configuration is wrong or you have the cable modem plugged into the wrong interface (assuming a cable modem set-up.) But that usually gives a slightly different error. NATd is pretty simple to set-up and the man page is very complete. I also posted a complete step-by-step procedure for configuring NATd, about 2 days ago. Check the archive. Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message