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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 2025 03:11:47 +0200
From:      Rozhuk Ivan <rozhuk.im@gmail.com>
To:        Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: fib selection and persistence using ipfw
Message-ID:  <20251208031147.393b2391@rimwks.local>
In-Reply-To: <20350073-abc5-4116-9fd7-8e8f708a26d4@protected-networks.net>

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On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 17:28:49 -0500
Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> wrote:

> Having two upstream providers, I'm trying to enforce symmetric
> routing which, in OpenBSD's pf config can be implemented using ..
> 
> # Inbound control-plane to the firewall itself (per-WAN reply-to for 
> symmetry)
> pass in on $wan_a proto { tcp, udp, icmp } to ($wan_a) \
>      reply-to ($wan_a $gw_a) keep state
> pass in on $wan_b proto { tcp, udp, icmp } to ($wan_b) \
>      reply-to ($wan_b $gw_b) keep state
> 
> I've tried all manner of ipfw packet tagging in the hope that it
> would yield similar results, e.g.
> 
> setfib 1 ip from any to any recv tap0
> setfib 1 ip from any to any tagged 1
> count tag 1 ip from any to any recv tap0
> 
>   [ .. ]
> 
> check-state
> allow ip from .. keep-state
> deny log ip from any to any
> 
> Is anyone else doing something like this on -current?


Actually no, but:
ifconfig vlan1001 172.16.0.31/24 fib 1
ifconfig vlan1002 172.16.0.32/24 fib 2

Do not forget set fib to network interface like it done in examlpe.
In my case if same IP+mask set on more than one net if - only last one will process packets to sockets.


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