Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:43:20 +0930 (CST) From: Peter Childs <pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au> To: sandy@novanet.net.au (Sandhya), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networking problem with re-built kernel : HELP Message-ID: <199609262313.IAA23538@al.imforei.apana.org.au>
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In article <324ADD41.5F75@novanet.net.au> you wrote: : Hi, : The kernel I have rebuilt boots fine. On booting the new kernel, I can see the ed0 : interface is active (ifconfig ed0). But if I try to ping anything I get the following : error : : ping : sendto : Permission denied [cut] : options IPFIREWALL #firewall If you'd bothered to read the FAQ you would have noted that since 2.1.5-RELEASE (or a little bit before in the 2.1-stable tree) the default action for firewalling is to deny all. The reasons for this are non-debatable, and the solution is to initilise your firewalling rules on startup (check in /etc/sysconfig and /etc/rc.firewall??) Peter -- Peter Childs --- http://www.imforei.apana.org.au/~pjchilds Finger pjchilds@al.imforei.apana.org.au for public PGP key Drag me, drop me, treat me like an object!
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