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Date:      Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:47:55 -0500 (EST)
From:      Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com>
To:        brain_damaged <brain_damaged@florida-wireless.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ipfw error
Message-ID:  <20011101104641.I91785-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
In-Reply-To: <200111011032.AA520945862@florida-wireless.com>

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You may not have the ipfw kernel module loaded (kldload ipfw) or else you
may want to build a new kernel with ipfw support.  There are many
tutorials that will detail this operation.

- Scott

smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

 >Date: Thu,  1 Nov 2001 10:32:29 -0500
 >From: brain_damaged <brain_damaged@florida-wireless.com>
 >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
 >Subject: ipfw error
 >
 >Hello,
 >First I am a freebsd newbie. slowly getting it.slowly tho :-)
 >I am attempting to install transproxy 1.4 on a freebsd 4.3 machine.
 >I d/l the file. did a tar -vxzf transproxy-1.4.tgz
 >then a make transproxy-1.4
 >then make install
 >it installed into /usr/local/sbin
 >i edited the rc.local and put
 >tproxy -s 81 -r nobody 123.456.789 3128
 >saved it.
 >
 >The instructions then say to add some ipfw commands
 >ipfw add 1000 allow tcp from 999.888.777.666 to any 80
 >
 >ipfw add 1010 fwd 123.456.789,81 tcp from any to any 80
 >
 >When I try to add I get this error:
 >ipfw: getsockopt (IP_FW_ADD): Protocol not aviable
 >
 >ipfstat gives me an error :
 >open: device not configured
 >
 >The machine does ping the internet and does seem to be running my postfix spam blocking fine.
 >
 >What did I miss or need to do to get it to work ?
 >Thanks
 >Mark
 >
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Scott Nolde
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