From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Mar 24 15:26: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFE237B71B; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:25:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chad@freeway.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15838; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:25:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <200103242325.QAA15838@freeway.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: ipfw and shifting address In-Reply-To: <20010324164555.C255@pir.net> from Peter Radcliffe at "Mar 24, 1 04:45:55 pm" To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:25:58 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chad@DCFinc.com Organization: DCF, Inc. X-O/S: FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE X-Unexpected: The Spanish Inquisition X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As I recall, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > Randy Bush probably said: >> anyone have a simple hack for using ipfw on a roaming laptop? i.e. >> the ip network, interface, and netmask change often, which would seem >> to make /etc/rc.firewall a bit unhappy. > > I use ipfilter (not ipfw) with my own rulesets, which has no problems > with things changing. Is there anywhere a concise comparison of pros/cons features/misfeature between ipfw and ipfilter? I just got my Novatel Merlin PCMICA Ricochet modem working under Win2Kpro, and am about to tackle the same thing under FreeBSD. Leaving my notebook exposed to the world is a sobering thought. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message