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Date:      Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument
Message-ID:  <1309860612.6391.YahooMailClassic@web160117.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110705184236.U84785@sola.nimnet.asn.au>

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--- On Tue, 7/5/11, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Ia=
n Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>=0A> Subject: Re: ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD)=
: Invalid argument=0A> To: "Unga" <unga888@yahoo.com>=0A> Cc: freebsd-quest=
ions@freebsd.org=0A> Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 5:14 PM=0A> In freebsd-qu=
estions Digest, Vol 370,=0A> Issue 2, Message: 14=0A> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 09=
:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>=0A> wrote:=0A>  > --- On Mon, 7=
/4/11, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>=0A> wrote:=0A>  > =0A>  > > From: Unga <ung=
a888@yahoo.com>=0A>  > > Subject: ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid=0A> =
argument=0A>  > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A>  > > Date: Monday, =
July 4, 2011, 11:48 AM=0A>  > > Hi all=0A>  > > =0A>  > > Following ipfw ru=
le develop error indicated in=0A> the subject=0A>  > > line:=0A>  > > ipfw =
add 100 fwd 127.0.0.1,1234 tcp from any to=0A> any 1234=0A>  > > out via wl=
an0=0A>  > > =0A>  > > What I want to do is forward any packet going to=0A>=
 port 1234=0A>  > > to 127.0.0.1:1234.=0A>  > > =0A>  > > I have built the =
kernel with "options=A0 =A0 =A0=0A>  > > =A0=A0=A0IPFIREWALL_FORWARD".=0A> =
 > > =0A>  > > What's the error here? Is the rule incorrect?=0A>  > > =0A> =
 > > This is FreeBSD 8.1.=0A>  > > =0A>  > > Many thanks in advance.=0A>  >=
 > =0A>  > > Unga=0A>  > > =0A>  > =0A>  > Does anybody successfully use th=
e "ipfw fwd"? If so=0A> in which FreeBSD version?=0A> =0A> Not I, but many =
do.=A0 On the face of it the rule looks=0A> correct.=A0 Do you =0A> have a =
TCP service running on localhost:1234 ?=A0 Does=0A> wlan0 exist?=A0 You =0A=
> may do better posting to the freebsd-ipfw list, with more=0A> information=
.=0A> =0A> cheers, Ian=0A=0AHi Ian=0A=0AThanks for the reply.=0A=0AI do hav=
e a daemon listening to the port 1234 on the local machine.=0A=0AThe wlan0 =
exists and ip number 192.168.1.3 assigned.=0A=0AI'll write the freebsd-ipfw=
.=0A=0AThank you.=0A=0AUnga=0A=0A=0A=0A



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