RE: [TCLUG:2381] IP-Masquerading: lost...

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

2.1.x now do not use ipfwadm

they use ipchains, the utility is out there somewhere.  havn't had the need to
use it yet

On 28-Nov-98 Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> Ok, all you firewalling gurus out there...  After compiling the kernel
> 2.1.121 with the appropriate options (or so I think), I tried to set the
> firewalling options to enable IP-Masquerading...
> 
>       root@wookimus:~# ipfwadm -I -f
>       ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available
> 
> Well.  What does this mean?  Did I miss a kernel option somewhere?
>  (BTW - in the make menuconfig, I couldn't find IP-Forwarding as a
> network option.  Did they include it automatically w/something else?)
> Plus, if I try to do the following:
> 
>       # ipfwadm -F -l                         (List the contents of
ip_forward)
> 
> I get something like
> 
>       Cannot open file /proc/net/ip_forward
> 
> I'm missing something here and I don't know what it is.
> 
> --
> Chewie / Gunnarr
> mailto:chewie@soncom.com
> http://www.soncom.com/chewie
> 
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Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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