Re: 5.3 not accepting connections - What I'm missing?

From: Sergei Gnezdov (use-reply-to_at_gnezdov.net)
Date: 04/10/05

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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:18:31 -0700

    On 2005-04-08, Maximiliano Eschoyez <meschoyez@gmail.com> wrote:
    > On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:27:37 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas
    ><keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
    >> On 2005-04-08 18:18, Maximiliano Eschoyez <meschoyez@gmail.com> wrote:
    >> > Dear all,
    >> >
    >> > I've recently moved from FreeBSD 4.8 to 5.3. After the upgrade, I
    >> > found that my computer doesn't accept outside connections anymore.
    >>
    >> Are you using ipfw, ipfilter or pf as a firewall? If yes, what
    >> rules do you use?
    >
    > No, I'm not using any firewall.
    >
    > Also, I tried enabling a firewall through rc.conf with the parameters
    > firewall_enable="YES"
    > firewall_type="open"
    > but nothing changed. :-(
    >
    > It's very strange because I'm not using any filtering policy.

    Misconfigured network or firewall is the most typical reason for a
    problem. The output from the following commands might help to solve
    your problem:

    ifconfig

    netstat -r

    ipfw show

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