Re: ipfw will not load DIVERT rule

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Date: 06/30/04


Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:56:24 -0400

John Smith wrote:
> Mike Andrews wrote:
>
>> John Smith <jsmith@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ipfw will not accept a DIVERT rule. e.g the rule I am trying to add
>>> is..
>>> ipfw add 3000 divert 8668 ip from any to any via sis0
>>> The response I get is... ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Invalid argument
>>> I have built a custom kernel with the following optional lines
>>> options IPFIREWALL
>>> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
>>> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
>>> options IPDIVERT
>>> Does anyone know why the system will not accept the divert rule?
>>

It's been awhile, but will this occur if natd is not running when you
try and add the rule?



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