From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "mdpeters" Subject: Re: transparent bridge troubles? Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:40:48 -0500 Message-ID: <006901c4f51a$b259a230$3e0010ac@esonet18> References: <7C9884991ADAE0479C14F10C858BCDF591E3AC@alderaan.smgtec.com><005101c4f504$7be50f20$3e0010ac@esonet18> <20050107221822.GA1569@bender.817west.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="us-ascii"; reply-type="original" To: Jason Opperisano , netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Well I did this and I guess I have a firewall problem which I guess is the good news and the right user group. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Opperisano" To: Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:18 PM Subject: Re: transparent bridge troubles? > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 05:01:47PM -0500, mdpeters wrote: >> Both host and target have no information about the bridge | firewall in >> the >> middle. > > the arp caches of hosts on either side of the firewall should have > entries for hosts on the other side though. try and ping from a host > on one side of the firewall to a host on the other side of the firewall. > after the ping, type "arp -an" on the host you pinged from; if you don't > have an entry for the host you pinged--you have a bridge problem. if > you do have an arp entry, but the ping didn't work--you have a firewall > problem. > > -j > > -- > "English - Who needs that? I'm never going to England!" > --The Simpsons > >