>From all my testing. The crypto works fine from within IPmasq if you have a
static IP on your inside box (192.168.1.x). I setup a dhcp server on my
masq box and received my address internally via dhcp, and i got the Bad Peer
Address error during crypto install.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] SHOW-STOPPER: Cannot export file systems with 7.1
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > Graham Percival wrote:
> >
> > > Really? I've never had problems installing crypto RPMs on my
> > > masq'ed internal network. Maybe you configured your NAT / firewall
> > > incorrectly.
> >
> > Same problem even with the gateway machine firewall taken down
> > (except for masquerading).
> >
> > Error box is:
> >
> > An error occurred
> > Net::FTP: Bad peer adddress ...propagated.
> >
> > The install then loops around repeatedly trying the crypto
> > download. I have to hit a lower star to recover.
> >
> > This occurs on any choice of mirror, and is quite uninformative to me
> > on what the error was and what needs to be done to fix it.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.
>
> To suggest a possible reason....
>
> Active vs passive ftp--I think the install is using Active FTP port
commands
> at that point.. I have experienced the same when behind a masquerading
> firewall. And I don't use anything beyond the three-line masquerade for
my
> firewalling (plus a few recognition-and-response daemons of my own
devising,
> which I had turned off),
>
> Civileme
>
>
