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!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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