From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 23:28: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F06037B401 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:27:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:26:06 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.0) id f0G7RoD51597; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:27:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:27:50 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Bill Moran Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: natd & failed to write packet back Message-ID: <20010115232750.J97980@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexco> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <3A63C754.AEA088A@mail.iowna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3A63C754.AEA088A@mail.iowna.com>; from wmoran@mail.iowna.com on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:00:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:00:20PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > Hi all, > > A proxy/firewall/nat box I recently set up is constantly spewing out an > error from natd: > failed to write packet back [host is down] > > What exactly is happening here? This is pretty ambiguous, I mean - what > host? It seems to indicate that a machine that was using natd went > offline before the communication completed, but it's occurring > constantly (I see the message a few times a minute at times) It means a packet that was processed by natd(8) is dropped by a later rule in the firewall. > Is this indicative of any type of problem, misconfig? It could be if the packet should not be dropped. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message