From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 29 1:30: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.freebsd.org.uk [194.242.139.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1EF37BFA2; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (hak.nat.Awfulhak.org [172.31.0.12]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA11422; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:29:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA00796; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:43:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200003290843.JAA00796@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Maxim Sobolev Cc: Brian Somers , current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Strange new ppp warnings In-Reply-To: Message from Maxim Sobolev of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:08:09 +0300." <38E1ABD9.11ED74EC@altavista.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:43:39 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Brian Somers wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > After upgrading my box to the 4.0-STABLE, I've discovered that ppp started > > > produce regular warnings I've never seen before: > > > > > > Warning: nat_LayerPull: Dropped a packet.... > > > > > > What does it mean and what implications may it have? > > > > This is pretty strange. I've just added a diagnostic to > > nat_LayerPull(). Can you update your sources (or get the latest > > archive from my web site in about an hour) and tell me what return > > value it's receiving ? > > Ok, here it is using latest libalias and ppp from -current just compiled with > safe -O optimisation. > > Warning: nat_LayerPull: Dropped a packet (2).... Ah, ok. This is incoming data that's being ignored by ppp - maybe because you've got ``nat deny_incoming yes'' configured ? I've added some more useful diagnostics, but you'll need to ``set log +tcp/ip'' to see them. > -Maxim Cheers. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message