This kind of activity is abnormal. When there is internal activity in my
network,  my modem doesn't send anything. What does your ipnat.rules say?
Samad



On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Herb Singleton wrote:

> I'm running NetBSD 1.4.2 as an IP NAT router on a Quadra 650 with a cable
> modem. The cable modem is connected on the built-in ethernet (sn0) and I
> have an internal network on an Nubus ethernet card. The internal network has
> been assigned one of the IP ranges designated for internal networks. I'm
> also running sshd on both ethernet interfaces, and Netatalk ASUN on the
> internal ethernet interface (confirmed with netstat -a). I've shutdown inetd
> (and commented everything out of inetd.conf just to be safe). I also have
> ipf set up to block packets on most common ports in and out. I've veryified
> this using a couple of websites that scan ports.
> 
> Everything is working fine but I noticed one oddity: The cable modem has an
> activity light that flashes when data is sent to/from the internet. However,
> the activity light also flashes during *internal* activity. If I connect to
> the NetBSD box over the internal network over Appletalk or SSH, the modem
> activity light flashes. Any idea if this is normal?
> 
> Herb
> 
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