Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 19:14:32 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument Message-ID: <20110705184236.U84785@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20110705042728.409431065745@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110705042728.409431065745@hub.freebsd.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1870234500-1309857272=:84785 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 370, Issue 2, Message: 14 On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 09:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Mon, 7/4/11, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> > > Subject: ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 11:48 AM > > Hi all > > > > Following ipfw rule develop error indicated in the subject > > line: > > ipfw add 100 fwd 127.0.0.1,1234 tcp from any to any 1234 > > out via wlan0 > > > > What I want to do is forward any packet going to port 1234 > > to 127.0.0.1:1234. > > > > I have built the kernel with "options > > IPFIREWALL_FORWARD". > > > > What's the error here? Is the rule incorrect? > > > > This is FreeBSD 8.1. > > > > Many thanks in advance. > > > > Unga > > > > Does anybody successfully use the "ipfw fwd"? If so in which FreeBSD version? Not I, but many do. On the face of it the rule looks correct. Do you have a TCP service running on localhost:1234 ? Does wlan0 exist? You may do better posting to the freebsd-ipfw list, with more information. cheers, Ian --0-1870234500-1309857272=:84785--
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