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>: > NB: This is NOT a top posting list. > > 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. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
