Subject: Re: receiving inbound IP packets through gateway
To: None <Thiesi@I.am>
From: Kmicic <kmicic@earthlink.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/28/2000 17:17:26
Did you set up an entry for CD in ipnat.conf?
Did you try "ipf -y" to re-sync the tables?
Just a thought.
- Km

Mirko Thiesen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got a problem with my NetBSD box which I set up recently
> (``CyberDyne´´).
>
> For quite some time I've got a 1.4.1-box running, which acts as a router
> or gateway (``ReLink´´). It is connected to the Internet via a TELE$
> ISDN card using the I4B package from Hellmuth Michaelis. Connecting to
> the Internet from ReLink works fine, also Internet connections from a
> Win98-box (``BrainScape´´) that is connected to ReLink are no problem at
> all. I've ReLink set up to establish connections upon the arrival of any
> outbound IP packets, using dynamic IP allocation and NAT.
>
> The problem arises when I try to connect to the Intenet from CyberDyne:
> I see ReLink dialing out and establishing a connection with my ISP as
> usual. But regardless of the service I'm trying to use, I don't receive
> any answer. Nothing. I can ping ReLink and BrainScape from CyberDyne
> (and vice-versa), so I think my local network is set up corrcetly
> (ReLink also acts as a caching-only nameserver and has some filesystems
> exported to CyberDyne). But all Internet sites produce an output like
> this:
>
> (15:09:31) thiesi@CyberDyne [~] $ ping www.cul.de
> PING www.cul.de (212.227.29.217): 56 data bytes
> ^C
> ----www.cul.de PING Statistics----
> 41 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
>
> Maybe it's a very simple thing I forgot ... but I don't seem to get the
> clue ... so I'd appreciate any help! Thanks in advance.
>
> Bye, K&K,
> T-Zee
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