From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 3 12:22: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from transbay.net (dns1.transbay.net [209.133.53.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68A3F37B406 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:22:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sreese@codysbooks.com) Received: from borges (stalwart.codysbooks.com [209.133.54.175]) by transbay.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f73JM5Q45079; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <015801c11c52$394c1cf0$1800a8c0@borges> From: "Scott Reese" To: , "Matthew Hagerty" References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010803150112.02841d30@pop.voyager.net> Subject: Re: natd[135]:failed to write packet back Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:26:41 -0700 Organization: Cody's Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 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 Matthew Hagerty wrote: > 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. It's close to a cable modem set up. I'm using Sprint Broadbrand and the external interface occasionally blinks in and out (receives/sends no signal for a second and then resumes). I wonder if that could be what this means? Hmmmm...They're always late at night, so I wonder if that's when Sprint chooses to do maintenance...? > 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. Yes, it was pretty simple to set up and I should add that it's working beautifully. I was just wondering what the message meant and if there was any way to fix it (if it, in fact, was a problem). BTW, I browsed the archive, but I can't seem to find your tutorial posting... Thank you! -Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message