On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 06:38:05PM -0400, Hakim Z. Singhji wrote: > Hello All, > > I am having problems getting a connection to my FreeBSD gateway from my > Mandrake 10 Linux Machine. I am able to ping, traceroute, ssh etc. the > linux box from my freeBSD machine however I am not able to ping the > gateway. What could be the problem, this is my configuration: > > FreeBSD: Gateway, IPFW & NAT running > HOSTNAME="redgate" > dc0 - 24.199.***.*** [DHCP] > txp0 - 192.168.1.1 > txp1 - unassigned > > Mandrake 10: Workstation > HOSTNAME="metalgate" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:] route > Destination Gateway Genmask Interace > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 lo0 > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 eth0 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:] ifconfig eth0 > eth0 link encap: Ethernet HiWadd:00:0D:87:27:C7:80 > inet 192.168.1.3 broadcast 192.168.1.255 mask /24 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU 1500 metric 1
<snip> Sounds a lot like a IPFW on you FreeBSD box is allowing stateful outbound traffic, but blocking incoming traffic. What is the output of the following command (run as root)?: # ipfw list What type of firewall do you have listed in your /etc/rc.conf file for the variable "firewall_type"? man "firewall" for more information. Nathan -- PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49
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