Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:02:26 +0300 From: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> To: Jon Falconer <jfalconer@puc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw loads with forwarding disabled Message-ID: <a64c109e0507211702482fd077@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10507211606530.19303-100000@ecf.puc.edu> References: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10507211606530.19303-100000@ecf.puc.edu>
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On 7/22/05, Jon Falconer <jfalconer@puc.edu> wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE. When I load ipfw.ko I get: > > ipfw2 initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, > default to deny, logging disabled > > I want to use the forward action in the rule set, logging would be nice > too. When I try to add a rule which uses the forward action, I get: > > Line 2: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument > > and line 2 looks similar to: > > add 1200 forward ##.##.##.1 src-ip ##.##.##.0/23 in recv dc1 > > At this point I'm guessing that "rule-based forwarding disabled" has > something to do with it no liking my rule. I tried adding "options > IPFIREWALL_FORWARD" to the kernel config and rebuilt the kernel. But I > still get the same message as above when loading ipfw (kernel module). > I've perused all the relevant sections of the handbook that I could find > without finding any more clues. What does it take to change the default > feature set of the ipfw kernel module? Or do I have to compile it into the > kernel to alter this? > > Thanks for your suggestions, > > Jon > What value does sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding has? #sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding -- Regards. Abu Khaled
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