Struggler wrote:

> You have a pretty clear picture of the problem. However, netstat -rn sheds
> new light on the problem (I had been using netstat -r).
>
> <cut>
> 10.0.1.66 0:4:76:b9:fd:db UHLc 0 3 - xl1
> 10.0.1.73 0:4:76:b7:1f:b5 UHLc 0 22 - xl1
> 10.0.1.148 2:7:1:1c:6e:3f UHLc 0 88 - xl1
> 10.0.1.251 127.0.0.1 UGHS 1 11102 33224 lo0
> <cut>
>
> So, the firewall thinks 10.0.1.251 can be reached through the loopback
> interface. How did that happen?
>
> This is most helpful, by the way, thanks!
>

Would you show us your /etc/rc.conf?

Peter