Re: F9 Networkmanager and zeroconf

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hi Tim,
It seems I had stopped the firewall indeed. I had checked this by using
/etc/init.d/iptables status.

It maybe a bug, right?

2008/6/10 Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> hanpingtian@xxxxxxxxx:
>> even I close the iptables, NM cannot get IP address from avahi.
>
> What do you mean by "close the iptables"?
>
> If you stop the iptable services, then the firewall is disabled, and all
> traffic should be allowed.  But if you try to disable the firewall using
> the configuration gadget's disable option, it doesn't actually disable
> the firewall (it's broken).  Alternatively, one can issue manual
> iptables rules on the command line, and flush the rules away.
>
> If you have managed to turn off your firewall, then you should be able
> to check using the iptables command.  You'll get an output like this:
>
>  [root@gonzales ~]# iptables -L
>  Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>  target     prot opt source               destination
>
>  Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
>  target     prot opt source               destination
>
>  Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>  target     prot opt source               destination
>
> With the default policy being to accept traffic, and no rules to the
> contrary.
>
> For what it's worth, I had a bit of a fiddle around the other day, and
> didn't get avahi working no matter what I tried.  I'm sure that I
> haven't exhausted all the possible things to try, but all the obvious
> things didn't get me anywhere.
>
> Also, for what it's worth, a firewall really shouldn't stop a computer
> from assigning itself an IP address using the zeroconf scheme.  In this
> scheme, the computer will assign itself a random address if no DHCP
> server gave it one, and it will probe around on the network to check
> that it's not assigning itself the same address as something else.  It
> should still be able to assign itself an address even if there are no
> other computers on the network at the time.
>
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> 2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686
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