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> In-Reply-To: <4CDB8DD1.4010808@FreeBSD.org> References: <8CD4F3FB222E6E1-1F14-11DA0@web-mmc-d04.sysops.aol.com> <4CDB8DD1.4010808@FreeBSD.org>
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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: > I'm running freebsd 7.2 and trying to find a way to forward a packet > based on it's source address. The following command works fine for > ipv4 addresses but fails for ipv6 addresses. ipfw add 101 fwd > nextaddr ip from myaddr to any out This works fine if nextaddr and > myaddr are ipv4 but fails to work if they are ipv6. Is this not yet > supported or is there another way to accomplish the same thing ? You might want to take a look at the ipfw man page, I think what you want is me6, not myaddr. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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