On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 03:47:47PM -0700, David Newman wrote: > Running 4.5/i386 on a pair of firewalls using pf and carp and pfsync > (and also multiple VLANs). > > After a reboot, either system will hang at 'starting network' until > pressing Ctrl-C at the console. (By 'hang' I means no action for at > least 60 minutes; I have not waited longer than that.) > > Initially I thought this was because of a hostname resolution problem, > but pf.conf and resolv.conf contain only IP addresses, not hostnames. > > Also, 'pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf' runs OK from the console. Same deal with > 'sh /etc/netstart' and the OpenVPN stuff in rc.local, pasted below. > > Presumably something is broken after /etc/rc says 'starting network', > but what? I've read on this list one should never edit /etc/rc.
You've given us no information about your hostname.* files. How could we possibly help diagnose problems starting your network? > ps. FWIW I've pasted the contents of /etc/rc.local below. Addresses and > passwords have been obfuscated. Why are you starting your network interfaces and adding routes in rc.local? Have you read the FAQ to learn how OpenBSD networking is configured? -- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net/
