kern/111804: FreeBSD 6.X not transmitting outbound network traffic (BGE)

[Charles A. Newcomer]

>Number:         111804
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 6.X not transmitting outbound network traffic (BGE)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Apr 18 01:00:08 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charles A. Newcomer
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0
>Organization:
IAPC
>Environment:
FreeBSD vox.stes.org 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 
root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386
>Description:
Compaq DL380 3.2 Dual Core Xeon using bge network driver (dual ports) will not transmitt
network traffic until inbound traffic is received.  Does not populate arp cache until
arp broadcast is *received* from another device. 
>How-To-Repeat:
Assign external IP address to bge0.  Assign internal (192.168.X.X) address to bge1.  Disable ip forwarding.
Place bge0 behind firewall and allow ssh port to be forwarded to bge0 address.

Boot system.
Log on to console.
Ping out.  Should receive no response.
ssh in.  now ping out.
ping should work.
>Fix:
None known.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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