From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 19 02:05:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 604C216A419 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E33B13C442 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from working (c-71-60-127-199.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.60.127.199]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, SSL: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:55:40 -0400 id 0005641C.46C7A31C.0000E627 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:55:41 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Michael Hawkins" Message-Id: <20070818215541.bba6ee2a.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <9a7bbc700708181839k1fcce628w6905399c5b9a0d8a@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a7bbc700708181512u74edcc59j51c72baf20f80591@mail.gmail.com> <20070818191446.d9d4d050.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <9a7bbc700708181839k1fcce628w6905399c5b9a0d8a@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Collaborative Fusion Inc. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.4 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with networking... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:05:45 -0000 [Please keep the mailing list in the CC] "Michael Hawkins" wrote: > > Certainly. Here it is: > #ifconfig -a > vr0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 10.11.12.253 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.11.12.254 That's really strange. Your broadcast address should be 10.11.12.255. It's quite likely that this is part of your problem, but I can't imagine how you could have arrived at this configuration. What is in /etc/rc.conf? > ether [MAC ADDRESS REMOVED] > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > statusL active > plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > > #netstat -m > 65/205/270 mbufs in use (current/cache/total) > 64/134/198/25600 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) > 0/128 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache) > 0/0/0/0 4k (page size) jumbo clisters in use (current/cache/total/max) > 0/0/0/0 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)0/0/0/0 16k jumbo > clusters in use (current/cache/total/max) > 144k/319k/463k bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total) > 0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters) > 0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k) > 0/4/6656 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max) > 0 requests for sfbufs denied > 0 requests for sfbufs delayed > 0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile > 0 calls to protocol drain routines That's netstat -rn, not -m. Unfortunately, the -m doesn't tell me what I'm looking for, which is your routing table. I'm wondering if your ipnat rules are awry. Please provide the ifconfig, routing table, and nat rules from the router machine. > ...again, this is straight out of a fresh install (which I did because I had > the exact same problem with the last install). Well, obviously, you did it the same both times, and are getting the same result. > On 8/18/07, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > "Michael Hawkins" wrote: > > > > > > Sorry if this is sorta n00bish, but I have a problem that Google hasn't > > > answered for me yet... > > > I have a moderately-sized network that I am trying to run, with about 70 > > or > > > so machines on it. The DHCP server (running FreeBSD 6.2, IPv4 address: > > > 10.11.12.254, Subnet is 10.11.12.0/24) acts as a gateway server as well, > > and > > > has ipnat running for traffic routing. > > > > > > So far, I have had no problems with ANY of the machines on this network > > > connecting, save one--my File server (running FreeBSD 6.2 as well, IPv4 > > > address: 10.11.12.253). For some reason, whenever I try to establish > > any > > > connection to ANY network address (on any protocol), it will only > > connect to > > > one address: 10.11.12.252 (and won't connect to anything when that > > machine > > > is off). > > > Here is a ping listing: > > > #ping 10.11.12.254 > > > PING 10.11.12.254 (10.11.12.254): 56 data bytes > > > 64 bytes from 10.11.12.252: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.852 ms > > > > > > > > > ...and it continues precisely in that manner until I stop it. > > > > > > I have tried re-installing the OS on the file server, but with no change > > in > > > results. I have removed the machine at 10.11.12.252 with the only > > change > > > being that the file-server can obtain NO connection to ANY IP address. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Why don't your cut/paste the output of ifconfig -a and netstat -rn > > > > I suspect your network settings are incorrect. > > > > -- > > Bill Moran > > Collaborative Fusion Inc. > > > > wmoran@collaborativefusion.com > > Phone: 412-422-3463x4023 > > > > > > > > > > > -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. wmoran@collaborativefusion.com Phone: 412-422-3463x4023 **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. 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