From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Nils M Holm Subject: Re: [9fans] Cannot access hosts outside of LAN In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2004031116252100-71585@Symmetry.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:25:21 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2ae91cf4-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On 2004-03-11, Geoff Collyer wrote: > What kind of machine is `symmetry'? Does it correctly gateway > connections from other systems on your network 10? What ports does it > allow through from the inside? Stupid me. Symmetry (a FreeBSD host acting as a gateway) did not supply routing information to other hosts. After killing routed(8) on the gateway and restarting it with the proper flags, everything works like a charm. Long story: Some days ago, we a had a power outage that could not be compensated by the UPS. After re-booting, Symmetry came up with the default routing flags (quiet). I had started 'routed -s' manually months ago while upgrading the system. I *knew* there was something, I wanted to fix in /etc/rc.conf. No I know. This error was not detected earlier, because all other clients on the LAN are X-terminals that are connected directly to the gateway. Many thanks to all who replied and sorry for wasting your time. Nils. -- Nils M Holm -- http://www.t3x.org/nmh/