[newbie] Firewall blocks off virtual network

[Graham Watkins]

I have set up with much toil, blood, tears and sweat,  a VMware virtual 
network. However, this will only function with Shorewall switched off - 
not a desirable state of affairs, I'm sure you will all agree.

The following output from dmesg seems relevant:

Shorewall:OUTPUT:REJECT:IN= OUT=vmnet1 SRC=172.16.210.1 
DST=172.16.210.255 LEN=113 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP 
SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=93
Shorewall:OUTPUT:REJECT:IN= OUT=vmnet8 SRC=192.168.8.1 DST=192.168.8.255 
LEN=112 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=92

My knowledge of Shorewall consists of little beyond the ability to 
switch it on and off.  Could some of you good folks suggest what I need 
 to do to enable the network without letting any intruders in from 
elsewhere.

Thank y'all.

--
Graham Watkins
On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used 
the word "relationship".(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time)

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