From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Aug 13 5:31: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC7BE37B400 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:31:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461F843E6A for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:31:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from r.query@comcast.net) Received: from duron (bgp01544171bgs.gambrl01.md.comcast.net [68.50.111.124]) by mtaout01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0S00MC780YDA@mtaout01.icomcast.net> for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:29:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:29:53 -0400 From: "r.query" Subject: Question re firewall machine and ping To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Reply-To: "r.query" Message-id: <0H0S00MC980YDA@mtaout01.icomcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Standard (2.20.2502) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have several machines I use as firewalls using FreeBSD-STABLE and IPFILTER. When I want to rebuild or update one, what I would like to do is to run it as a regular client machine behind a(nother) firewall machine and cvsup from there. What I have attempted to do in this case is to modify rc.conf to shut off one of the nic cards (the one assigned the outside or internet side of the network), shut off the kernel security option, shut off ipnat and ipfilter, reboot the machine and run cvsup. However, whenever I have tried this, I can never ping my local gateway or any other machine on my local network. I just get a "no route to host" error. I know this must be some simple error on my part, but I have not been able to find anything in posts on Google that have been helpful. Can someone here tell me where I am confused and messing this up? Thanks for any help. mquery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message