On 5/13/13 2:10 PM, "chop wow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tom et al.
>
> First and foremost, I want to apologize for submitting such a obscure and
> obvious lacking email request for support.
> I should have followed http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm before sending out
> initial email. To my embarrassment I didn't even provide the Shorewall
> version level. I do realize - I am lucky I even received a response. My
> plan was to correct the lack of details and follow-up with a proper
> communication. However, I have since found the issue.
>
> Ultimately the problem/solution was clear and somewhat trivial. I had NAT'd
> to an external IP. This IP was then 'acquired' by my NOC to use for their new
> switch in an existing VRRP group (we had an additional switch installed for
> dedicated wireless network). The problem was further complicated as the
> forward DNS record was updated - but the reverse was not. This explains the
> routing issues/failures I experienced where the routing failure only occurred
> to very specific destinations. This may also explain why the routing would
> work all weekend and start failing again midday on Monday - perhaps when the
> my user would start to use the NAT'd external IP. Once the routing failed,
> all NAT'd and proxy arp systems routing would fail.
>
> In conclusion - thanks again for a wonderful tool and help. Any future
> communications, I'll insure to provide adequate information/detail.
No problem glad to hear that you got it sorted out.
-Tom
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive
twice.
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