Thanks for your answer.
My ISP is running FreeBSD, so I don't know if they have such a filter
on my address. How would one check that?
I have a static address with a cable modem.
Any more ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks again.
-sen
WH Bouterse writes:
> Ask your ISP if they have a 'netbios filter' on your IP address.
> If so it needs to be removed.
> This problem is cropping up more and more if that is the problem.
> It has happened to me and others on this list and other Linux Lists.
>
> For example on a dual-boot machine:
> I was having to log out of Linux every 6 hours and boot M$
> Then logout of M$ and reboot Linux which worked for another 6 hours.
> Very maddening! Perhaps someday a workaround will be devised, It took
> me two weeks and 4 different "Tech support" people before my problem
> was tracked down by a tech who was running L-M 6.1 at home and
> checked my MAC address and found the dang filter.
> This was a static IP Cable-Modem situation
>
> This may not be your paticular problem but
> it certainly has been for myself and others!
>
> BTW my ipmasq/ipchains are working great right now.
>
> Good Luck
>
> William Bouterse
> Juneau Alaska
>
>
> "S. Newhouse" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I just started using ipchains and ip_masquerade. Cool idea, but it
> > has not been very stable on my linux boxes.
> >
> > Setup: host1 = PII-300 on internet with T1 connection running
> > ipchains and ip_masquerade, with 10 MB ethernet card
> >
> > host2 = PIII-600 on private net connected to host1 with 100 MB
> > ethernet card
> >
> > host3 = Win-98 box on private net with 100 MB ethernet card
> >
> > The linux boxes are running Mandrake 6.1, stock 2.2.13-7mdk kernel.
> >
> > Things start fine, netscape, telnet, etc.
> >
> > Then host2 starts to randomly drop the connection to the
> > outside. Works for several minutes, then stops.
> >
> > Strangely enough, host3 (running Win) works fine so far.
> >
> > Any ideas? Are there others using Mandrake with ipchains and ip_masq
> > with no problems?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -sen
