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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@portsoft.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ipfw doesn't work?? Date: 17 Apr 1997 06:09:37 GMT Organization: Easystreet Online Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5j4er1$sjc$8@easystreet03> References: <33526F97.FF964518@indigo.ie> <5iui5b$df2@nova.dimensional.com> <3353B44F.C207115E@indigo.ie> Reply-To: tedm@portsoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39191 In <3353B44F.C207115E@indigo.ie>, Marcus Keane <keanem@indigo.ie> writes: > > Hi! > >The only thing is that *anything* I enter is rejected. >e.g. >/sbin/ipfw add 1000 pass all from 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.1 > >gives the "usage" error. > After having just gone through this process a day ago, I can verify that ipfw does indeed properly work under FreeBSD when the kernel is properly built. ;-) I suggest you start by posting your kernel config file and review the instructions for recompiling your kernel. Ted