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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:
>=20
> ipfw2 initialized, divert disabled, rule-based forwarding disabled,
> default to deny, logging disabled
>=20
> 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:
>=20
> Line 2: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument
>=20
> and line 2 looks similar to:
>=20
> add 1200 forward ##.##.##.1 src-ip ##.##.##.0/23 in recv dc1
>=20
> 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 th=
e
> kernel to alter this?
>=20
> Thanks for your suggestions,
>=20
> Jon
>=20

What value does sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding has?
#sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding

--=20
Regards.
Abu Khaled



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