Rich Wales wrote:
> I'm trying to replace my current firewall at home (a FreeBSD box using PF)
> with Shorewall.  However, for some reason I'm unable to get the new
> firewall
> to talk to the Internet.
> 
> See the attached output from "shorewall dump".  My local network is using
> 172.29.0.0/24, with an experimental DMZ on 172.29.11.0/24.  I have four
> static public IP addresses (171.66.155.243 - 171.66.155.246).
> 
> As best I can tell from the "shorewall dump" output, it looks like I'm not
> getting any inbound packets from the Internet at all.  Lots of stuff is
> being sent out to the Internet, but nothing is coming back (e.g., no TCP
> connections are being set up, and UDP services like NTP and DNS are not
> receiving any replies to queries).
> 
> When I reconnected my current firewall, everything starting working again
> just fine.
> 
> Any ideas?

Sounds like a stale ARP cache problem in the upstream router. I presume
that "shorewall clear" doesn't improve the situation?

-Tom
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