SMP and networking under FreeBSD 5.3

[Joe]

Hello,

ps:

root    542  0.0  0.7  1320  812  ??  Ss   Tue09AM   2:22.10
/sbin/natd -dynamic -d -log_ipfw_denied -log_denied -dynamic -n
dc0

ifconfig:
pccard_ifconfig="NO"
ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.0.15  netmask 255.255.255.0"
ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"

So FreeBSD 5.3 isn't production?  I had read somewhere that
5.2.1 wasn't production and that 5.3 was supposed to be
production.

I'll look into upgrading to 5.4, it will take a bit of time to
do that though.  

Joe

--- Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> 
> >Okay, I've been looking and looking for duplicate natd's.
> >
> >I have the /etc/rc.conf which has natd stuff below, and the
> only
> >other place I see it is in ipfw.  
> >
> >I was able to change my rc and use /etc/rc.d/natd start and
> that
> >works.  Which is better as it does not require me to reload
> my
> >firewall rules.  
> >
> >I still don't know why natd refuses to start the first time
> when
> >called from ipfw.  
> >  
> >
> If I understand the boot procedure correctly, natd ought to be
> started 
> as part of the /etc/rc.d/ipfw and that just calls
> "/etc/rc.d/natd start" 
> which is what you are typing later from the command line with
> success, 
> so why it fails at boot, I really don't know at this point.
> 
> The "cannot bind to divert socket" error I thought could
> happen if a) 
> you weren't root (seems unlikely from bootup) or b) something
> had 
> already bound the socket.  After your machine boots, what does
>     ps uagxww | egrep natd
> show?
> 
> Google also found this:
> 
> >- In FreeBSD, IPDIVERT must be enabled at compile time.
> >
> I guess your kernel has this option, or natd would never have
> worked.
> 
> what ifconfig lines do you have in /etc.rc.conf
> 
>     egrep ifconfig /etc/rc.conf
> 
> >I have no rc.conf.local
> >  
> >
> Not too surprising.  It could be used under 4.X as a second
> level to 
> rc.conf, but exists nowadays for backwards compatibility and
> AFAIK isn't 
> created by anything.
> 
> As a more drastic attempt at a solution, could you try
> upgrading to 
> 5.4?  It has numerous improvements over 5.3, which was never a
> 
> production release.  Maybe some ordering problems was fixed.
> 
> --Alex
> 
> 



		
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