On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, at 09:51 [=GMT+1100], Richardson, Martin wrote: > I have a dial on demand server running FreeBSD 4.7. This also has wu-ftpd > running as well. I have noticed that whe trying to FTP to the box, it takes > a long time to connect (I usually have the modem switched off, but will dial > if I have left it on while trying to FTP into the box). I have noticed also > that Sendmail has trouble sending local mail (daily reports etc). These > problems dissappear when a the ppp link is up, or I have killed the ppp > process. I suspect these problems might be due to the routing table entries > made by ppp (add default HISADDR). netstat -r takes forever, unless the link > is up. When I do a "tcpdump -i tun0" I get 192.168.x.x traffic going to my > ISP's DNS servers.
One wonders what there is in your /etc/resolv.conf > What would be the best way to fix this? use PPP's firewalling, or IPFW? or > is there a better way? > TIA, Martin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
