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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: NATD error question.
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811040835090.24709-100000@ns1.seidata.com> from "mike@seidata.com" at "Nov 4, 98 08:46:47 am"
To: mike@seidata.com
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:48:24 -0800 (PST)
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mike@seidata.com writes:
> I see a similar message,
>
> natd: failed to write packet back (host is down)
>
> It sounds like this could be ipfw-related (misconfiguration) as well,
Doubt it.. this usually means the machine can't be reached
via ARP on a local Ethernet segment. That is, the host is down :-)
-Archie
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