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Dinesh Nair wrote:
> by default the flow is:
> 
> wire -> ipnat -> ipfilter -> ipfw -> kernel -> ipfilter -> ipnat ->ipfw
> 
> the patch in the above PR changes it to:
> 
> wire -> ipnat -> ipfilter -> ipfw -> kernel -> ipfw -> ipfilter -> ipnat

Interesting! Thanks for all the great info guys.

I don't really need to use the patch, since I simply want to limit my 
outbound bandwidth usage.

The problem with my rules before was a result of not understanding that 
nat translation had already taken place (I think). I'll test this weekend.

Thanks;
-Charlie