odd problem with firewall server

[Nathan Vidican]

Matt Singerman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This probably isn't a FreeBSD-specific problem, but it's vexing nonetheless.
> 
> So we have our servers accessing the outside world through their own
> firewall on a FreeBSD machine.  Nothing too fancy, just routing
> traffic and shutting off unused ports.  However, this morning the
> ethernet jack that the firewall server's world-accessible ethernet
> port (dc1) was plugged into.  The solution: plug it into another jack
> :)  This amazingly complex solution worked, except that I can now no
> longer ssh or ping the machine.  Any ideas as to what may have caused
> this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
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> 
Not without knowing more about your network, and/or the switch/device at the 
other end of that jack.

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