>Is the firewall blocking rfc1918? Wait a minute, isn't there something >somewhere that blocks ALL rfc1918 addresses in Shorewall? That norfc >switch in shorewalls, erm, one of the shorewall files? I know that NTL >uses many rfc1918 networks, so would shorewall block packets from a DHCP >server with that address?
Many cable companies use rfc1918 addresses for their DHCP servers. For this reason Shorewall has a DHCP parameter in the interfaces file. Just add DHCP to the list of parms for your external interface (eth0?) and you will be able to access the DHCP server. Best Regards, Roger McClurg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html