From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 16:41:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B50FC37B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5000243EEF for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:41:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.int (mail@pooh.int [10.0.1.2]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8ONfV1n031433 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:41:31 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kirk by pooh.int with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17tzJ5-0004Lt-00 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:41:31 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Strange IPFW log message: Deny MAC in via ed0 From: Kirk Strauser Date: 24 Sep 2002 18:41:31 -0500 Message-ID: <878z1r6jmc.fsf@pooh.int> Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've just started using IPFW2 on my FreeBSD 4.7-RC1 firewall, and I'm getting an entry in /var/log/security that I've not seen before: /kernel: ipfw: 2100 Deny MAC in via ed0 and /kernel: ipfw: 2100 Deny MAC in via fxp0 with ed0 and fxp0 being two of the active interfaces on that server. The rule in question is: 2100 deny log ip from any to any What's causing this? I seem to have intermittent connectivity problems when I see it. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message