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Date:      Wed, 4 May 2005 16:47:32 +0200
From:      Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw broken with bridge under 5.x (5.3 and 5.4)
Message-ID:  <200505041647.33609.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
In-Reply-To: <20050504142425.GB710@genius.pact.cpes.susx.ac.uk>
References:  <20050502200413.GB46745@genius.tao.org.uk> <20050502202122.GC46745@genius.tao.org.uk> <20050504142425.GB710@genius.pact.cpes.susx.ac.uk>

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El Mi=E9rcoles, 4 de Mayo de 2005 16:24, Josef Karthauser escribi=F3:
> It appear that ipfw doesn't work with bridge in 5.3 and 5.4.  The
> symptoms are that the bridge stops forwarding packets altogether,
> for me a few minutes after it is set up.  It takes a
>
> # net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=3D0 && sleep 5 &&
> net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=3D1
>
> to get it back up and running, which it does, but only for a few
> minutes before it stops working again.  The five second sleep is
> sometimes too long, and sometimes not enough time.
>
> Would someone in the know be able to help me to trouble shoot it?
> (I'm scared of ipfw! :).
>
> Thanks!
> Joe

Are your rules stopping arp or so?  Remember make pass this kind of=20
traffic at layer2.

=2D-
  josemi



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