Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:48:44 -0400 From: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> To: Randall Stewart <randall@lakerest.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: F/W - dhcpd deamon question Message-ID: <4683AE2C.6010709@protected-networks.net> In-Reply-To: <46839A06.6080408@lakerest.net> References: <46839A06.6080408@lakerest.net>
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Randall Stewart wrote: > I seem to get: > > dhcpd: send_packet: Permission denied > > On my main server quite a bit... like once every 3-5 minutes. > > Now I have a F/W up and I am thinking maybe its a rule I > am missing or something.. These are likely UDP broadcasts to address 255.255.255.255 but, fortunately, with a low TTL. These are responses to the following .. >From the client, dhcp queries are always directed to the bootp port (68) of the server even if it doesn't yet have an appropriate address of its own (it will use a source of 255.255.255.255). What you need is a rule-set which allows both halves of this transaction, Michael
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