Re: packets don't forward(?) with ipfw2

[Mark Cullen <mark.cullen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :I just realised that to use IPFW2 on FBSD 4.x, and thus DF, you have to 
> :compile a kernel with IPFW2 and then recompile ipfw and libalias with 
> :-DIPFW2. So I did this, rebooted, and found that it was no longer 
> :'forwarding' packets. As in, none of my networked machines could use the 
> :internet; it was like they was being blocked. I went and used the most 
> :basic `firewall_type="OPEN"`, which allows anything. They still weren't 
> :able to use the internet. I recompiled ipfw+libalias without IPFW2 and 
> :booted my old kernel.. and it's working again now, with the same 
> :firewall_type="OPEN". Any ideas as to what's up here?
> :-- 
>
>     I don't think much, if any testing of ipfw2 has been done on DragonFly.
>     I would definitely stick with the normal ipfw for now, or use pf.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Joerg and I have just been tracking down what was causing a kernel with 
pf in to fail compiling. I'm having a go at pf now that it's working on 
stable :)

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