On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:19:56PM -0400, kalin m wrote: > this is a bit OT but since bsd and os x have enough in common in the > core some people here might have dealt with an os x server before.. > > ok. here is the problem. i have this os x server put on my lap to > administer and there are some really weired things happening. > > the machine has 2 inet interfaces - 2 cards. one of them - en0 (network > A) - is wired to 192.168.x.x and the other - en1 (network B) - has an > external ip which is not on the same subnet (network) the 192.168.x.x > belongs to. so far so good. > > theoretically the en1 (network B) card should be accessible through the > external ip no matter where you a coming from.... > > what happens is that if somebody on network A (of en0) tries to access > the machine via 192.168.x.x - it works. but if that somebody wants > access that machine via the external ip on network B (en1), like they > would access any other external IP - they can not. this is weired > because they can access any other machine on B . now me being on the > network B i can access the machine via the external IP which is also on > B, but, and this is the weirdest, i can not access it from outside > either A or B with that same IP (?!?). but i can access any other > machine on B from outside either subnet....
What you're describing sounds like a network loopback problem (at least this is what the Linux folks refer to it as). I would recommend you re-post this question to freebsd-net, as someone there can explain to you what's happening in detail, why it happens, and how to solve it effectively. Also, keep in mind that the "FreeBSD and OS X have enough in common" concept is a horrible one -- they do have some pieces in common, but OS X really *is* quite a different beast in numerous respects. Apple, sincerely and honestly, has tinkered with all sorts of pieces. Please keep that in mind. :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"