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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:38:20 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
Cc:        Brad <ah-no-way@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW Protocol not available ? 
Message-ID:  <200104240338.f3O3cK304978@grumpy.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>  of "Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:55:45 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104222354230.20169-100000@cody.jharris.com> 

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Nick Rogness writes:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Brad wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I just recompiled my kernel and rebooted with the following option on
> > Version 4.2:
> > 
> > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=10
> > 
> > When I attempt to pass ipfw a command, I get a "Protocol Not Available"
> > error? Does anyone know why this might be happening?
> 
> 	You forgot a statement in your kernel:
> 		
> 		options		IPFIREWALL

Or you could add "firewall_enable=YES" in /etc/rc.conf, or you could 
manually type:

# kldload ipfw


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