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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:32:03 -0500
From:      gumbo@bsdmail.org
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw fwd doesn't handle ipv6 addresses
Message-ID:  <8CD508520915099-1F14-1E0C0@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com>
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The problem is the "fwd" can't handle "nextaddr" if "nextaddr" resolves to=
 an ipv6 address.
It works fine if it resolves to an ipv4 address.  Any other ideas ?
Thanks,
Rick






-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 10:31 pm
Subject: Re: ipfw fwd doesn't handle ipv6 addresses


On 11/10/2010 14:42, gumbo@bsdmail.org wrote:=20
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> I'm running freebsd 7.2 and trying to find a way to forward a packet=20
> based on it's source address. The following command works fine for=20
> ipv4 addresses but fails for ipv6 addresses. ipfw add 101 fwd=20
> nextaddr ip from myaddr to any out This works fine if nextaddr and=20
> myaddr are ipv4 but fails to work if they are ipv6. Is this not yet=20
> supported or is there another way to accomplish the same thing ?=20
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You might want to take a look at the ipfw man page, I think what you want=
 is me6, not myaddr.=20
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