Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:26:33 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: "Vaughan Moore" <vaughan.moore@verizon.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FTP installation through a NAT on a DSL connection Message-ID: <200302230926.33989.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <NGBBLBBPOLBCCFIPOFBOMEJECBAA.vaughan.moore@verizon.net> References: <NGBBLBBPOLBCCFIPOFBOMEJECBAA.vaughan.moore@verizon.net>
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On Sunday 23 February 2003 4:57, Vaughan Moore wrote: > Well, at least now I'm getting packets back and forth. > > But, I get this error message: > > Cannot parse information file for the bin distribution: I/O error. > Please verify that your media is valid and try again. > > My ip gateway is 10.10.1.1 > My name server is 199.45.32.43 > My ip is 10.10.1.210 > My netmask is 255.255.255.0 > > Again, thanks so much for the help. > > Vaughan > Chances are the mirror you are using doesn't carry the distributions. Try installing from another one :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Willie Viljoen [mailto:will@phoenix.home.laserfence.net]On Behalf > Of Willie Viljoen > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:15 PM > To: Vaughan Moore > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FTP installation through a NAT on a DSL connection > > > You're one step closer. When doing network configuration, make sure you > list a valid and real DNS server. Try setting it up to use the DNS at > your ISP, or the winroute if it provides DNS. > > On Sunday 23 February 2003 0:08, Vaughan Moore wrote: > > Thanks so much for the suggestion. When I use passive mode I get an > > error message "Could not open ftp connection to ftp3.freebsd.org. > > Service not available, closing control connection." When I hit OK > > another error message comes up "unable to initialize selected media. > > Would you like to adjust you media configuration and try again?" When > > I do that, I go through the network configuration process again, but I > > get an immediate error message "Cannot resolve host name > > ftp3.freebsd.org! Are you sure that your name server, gateway and > > network interface are correctly configured?" I'm using DHCP, and it is > > pulling the correct IP's for these. > > > > Here's the log in my Winroute NAT. What do you think I'm doing wrong? > > > > Vaughan > > > > > > Interface Table: > > Interface Status Medium IP address NAT Index > > NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethe... Up Ethernet 10.10.1.1 50331652 > > NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethern... Up Ethernet 10.10.1.0 67108869 > > Dial in adapter Down RAS 0.0.0.0 0 > > line1 Up RAS 151.200.238.11 on 16777218 dhcp > > > > TCP/IP stack's Routing Table: > > Net Mask Gateway Interface Metric > > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 line1 1 > > 10.10.1.0 255.255.255.0 NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethe... 2 > > 10.10.1.0 255.255.255.0 NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethern... 2 > > 151.200.0.0 255.255.0.0 line1 1 > > > > DNS: query 10.10.1.210:1024 -> 10.10.1.1:53 for ftp3.freebsd.org > > dns: query from 10.10.1.210:1024 id 41361 > > dns: question: A, ftp3.freebsd.org > > dns: reply: ftp3.freebsd.org has 198.82.184.28 > > DNS: query 10.10.1.210:1025 -> 10.10.1.1:53 for ftp3.freebsd.org > > dns: query from 10.10.1.210:1025 id 41362 > > dns: question: A, ftp3.freebsd.org > > dns: reply: ftp3.freebsd.org has 198.82.184.28 > > TCP: packet 1278, length 74, 10.10.1.210:1024 -> 198.82.184.28:21, > > flags: SYN , seq:4161382813 ack:0 > > TCP: packet 1282, length 74, 151.200.238.11:45050 -> 198.82.184.28:21, > > flags: SYN , seq:4161382813 ack:0 > > > > - > Snip - Repeats 8 times and drops down to a length of 60 after try > > number 3 > > > > DNS: query 151.200.238.11:45051 -> 199.45.32.43:53 for > > 9.136.168.217.in-addr.arpa > > DNS: query 151.200.238.11:45052 -> 199.45.32.38:53 for > > 9.136.168.217.in-addr.arpa > > TCP: packet 1323, length 74, 198.82.184.28:21 -> 151.200.238.11:45050, > > flags: SYN ACK , seq:77305705 ack:4161382814 > > TCP: packet 1327, length 74, 198.82.184.28:21 -> 10.10.1.210:1024, > > flags: SYN ACK , seq:77305705 ack:4161382814 > > TCP: packet 1328, length 60, 10.10.1.210:1024 -> 198.82.184.28:21, > > flags: RST , seq:4161382814 ack:0 > > > > This is where the install program quit and asked if I wanted to retry. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Willie Viljoen [mailto:will@phoenix.home.laserfence.net]On Behalf > > Of Willie Viljoen > > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 11:26 AM > > To: Vaughan Moore > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: FTP installation through a NAT on a DSL connection > > > > On Saturday 22 February 2003 16:55, Vaughan Moore wrote: > > > I'm installing 4.7 at home. The Intel box is behind a NAT running on > > > a Win98 box with ZoneAlarm running. The point of installing 4.7 is > > > so that I can replace the 98 box as my gateway to my Verizon DSL > > > connection. > > > > > > My installation fails when the program tries to access one of the ftp > > > servers. When the time-out occurs I get an installation media error > > > message. > > > > > > I know that my subnet on the NAT works because when I plug a 2000 > > > machine into the gateway I can access the Internet. However, I had > > > to lower the Max MTU settings in the registry to do it. I understand > > > that PPPoE requires a lower MTU setting, but I'm not sure how to set > > > MTU in the installation program. > > > > > > Can anyone help me with the problem? > > > > > > Vaughan Moore > > > > I'm almost sure MTU is not the problem in this case, the Windows > > machine should be taking care of that. Try setting FTP into passive > > mode in the installer's options screen, or turning off passive mode if > > that's the default on your version. Windows 98 NATs are not famous for > > handling FTP properly. > > > > -- > > Willie Viljoen > > Freelance IT Consultant > > > > 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas > > Bloemfontein > > 9321 > > South Africa > > > > +27 51 522 15 60 > > +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) > > +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) > > > > will@unfoldings.net > > -- > Willie Viljoen > Freelance IT Consultant > > 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas > Bloemfontein > 9321 > South Africa > > +27 51 522 15 60 > +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) > +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) > > will@unfoldings.net -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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