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Date:      Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:29:59 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Gabriel <gmains@southwind.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP! Server not routing packets anymore...
Message-ID:  <20000813232959.U28027@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0008131325590.19005-100000@jasper.southwind.net>; from gmains@southwind.net on Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 01:37:06PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.21.0008131325590.19005-100000@jasper.southwind.net>

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On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 01:37:06PM -0500, Gabriel wrote:
> 
> I have a FreeBSD 4.1-R server that has 2 NICs in it. The first NIC, ed0,
> is on a /30 netblock that is just this machine and the gateway to my
> ISP. The other NIC, ed1, is on a seperate /29 netblock and serves as the
> gateway for the 5 computers behind it. 
> 
> I have all the PCs (mixed environment Windows, FreeBSD and Mac) set up
> with static IPs on the same netblock as ed1 and using ed1's IP as the
> gateway aaddress.
> 
> The problem is that none of the PCs can talk to the outside world thru the
> server. The server has connectivity to the outside world, but does not
> seem to be routing packets out for the other machines behind it.

Do a tcpdump on the outer interface. I bet there is a good chance the
packets _are_ going out, but they are not coming back.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.com


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