Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 20:54:20 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu> Cc: root@bmccane.uit.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/run/natd.pid request Message-ID: <199706121954.UAA05858@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:37:07 CDT." <199706121637.LAA11915@plains.NoDak.edu>
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> > Everything then talks fine both on the firewall machine, and from my work
> > machine across the room, for 0-3 minutes. After that, the logging on the
> > console slows to a halt, and if I try to:
> >
> > ping prep.ai.mit.edu (arbitrary choice 8)
>
> I am using a really old (2400 baud) modem to play with this before we send
> it home with a couple professors. I completely hung the PPP connection once,
> but I figured it was the slow modem. I have been able to panic the NATD
> machine a couple of times with 2400 baud modem when I downloading big files
A "hack" has fixed the panic in 2.2 and -current for the moment. I'm
looking at figuring out a proper fix now.
For the moment, you could try using ppp rather than pppd/natd. Wait
'till natd is part of /usr/src :)
> --mark.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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