From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 21:06:16 2009 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 94FAA1065670 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout011.mac.com (asmtpout011.mac.com [17.148.16.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF0F8FC18 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.227.140.124]) by asmtp011.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KIG00GWDYLYX300@asmtp011.mac.com> for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <41143470-84E2-49F2-A373-2D1E5A438A1F@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Redd Vinylene In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:05:58 -0700 References: <623A6956-186A-4F24-8040-FC908541A59D@mac.com> <645EA05F-7F06-461C-B296-6BAA0B6CCD36@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: questions Subject: Re: "No route to host" when trying to connect to FTP server on the Internet 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: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:06:16 -0000 On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Redd Vinylene wrote: > I think I just got some help on IRC: > > is it on the local network of your firewall and not this > computer? > yes! > thats why you can't connect to it > > Suggestions on how to fix this problem using pf would be greatly > appreciated though. > > Many thanks! The canonical method would be to set up split DNS, or even just add an /etc/hosts entry with the hostname listing the LAN IP rather than an external IP. -- -Chuck