Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 12:35:38 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: natd error message, upon bootup Message-ID: <01102412353800.00505@proxy.the-i-pa.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011024113047.01f4de58@216.67.14.69> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011024113047.01f4de58@216.67.14.69>
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On Wednesday 24 October 2001 11:39, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I've been seeing this prior to 4.4, and am not sure it's even a problem; > however, after the system boots up, and just after the first external > packets are routed, I see this message in the syslog: > > Oct 24 11:19:08 machinename natd[202]: failed to write packet back (Host is > down) > > There's no other indication of a problem thereafter; this started happening > a while ago, after I upgraded to 4.3. This is now 4.4-STABLE. Your firewall is letting in something that natd is trying to handle, but can't. I recommend running natd in verbose mode (use all the same options you normally do) and direct the output to a file. You can use this file to determine what is causing this error and adjust your firewall to handle it correctly. Warning .... don't let natd run in verbose mode to that file for too long, it will create a LOT of output and can fill up partitions quick! -- Bill Moran Potential Technology technical services (412) 793-4257 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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