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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:53:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
To:        matt payne <mattapayne@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: firewall/natd box dropping connection?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104271947001.60346-100000@cody.jharris.com>
In-Reply-To: <01042718390100.08139@mojo.myftp.org>

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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, matt payne wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've got an AMD K6-2-300 with 32 megs of RAM running FBSD 4.3-Release.
> It's acting as the gateway computer to the internet for my small home
> LAN. The ISP is rogers@home :(. I'm using ipfirewall and natd to
> provide the connection to the rest of the computers. The firewall is
> set to "open" at the moment (I'll set the rules when I have a little
> spare time), with the default rc.firewall configuration. Rogers uses
> DHCP, but my ip, etc. are (or seem to be) static.  The gateway box has
> 2 NICs, one to the ouside, one to the LAN.
> 

> The problem is that it keeps dropping the connection. This usually
> occurs every 6 - 20 hours or so. The strange thing is that the only
> way to get it back is to shut the computer ond the cable modem down,
> then restart. Then everything is back to normal until it happens
> again.

	Maybe your lease is expiring and not renewing....Try to kill
	/sbin/dhclient and restart it...(Don't know if a HUP will do it or
	not)

	Maybe something wrong with the cable modem?  Maybe heat related?

	Just some ideas.

Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
 - Keep on Routing in a Free World...
  "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!"



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