right;so: been doing some testing with a solaris 10 box and the results are the same.
Code:
cvthname(192.168.0.6)
validate: dgram from IP 192.168.0.6, port 32778, name solaris.ro;
rejected in rule 0 due to port mismatch.
the solaris box is 192.168.0.6. did the "+solaris" to freebsd's syslogd.conf and added "192.168.0.6 solaris" to freebsd's /etc/hosts. all this just to get that error I posted previously. so, i'm kinda sure it's a miscnfiguration of the bsd box. will look into it more.
btw I see syslogd appends a ".ro" to the hostname it prints out. instead of solaris it's solaris.ro; same with router (it's replaced with router.ro). at this point it's strainge, but i admit i know not much of this so maybe i'm wrong.
le: solaris's syslogd has "user.err @loghost" and "loghost" is 192.168.0.2 in solaris's /etc/hosts.