>> Whenever I type an ipportfw command, I always get an error back: >> >> ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available. >> >> What does this mean? And how do I resolve this? I have the current >> kernal, installed IPchains successfully, but need to get this piece of the >> puzzle going :) 2.1 kernel ? Have you compiled the firewall and ipfwadm/ipchains support in the kernel ? Maybe you have them as modules, and they're not loaded. --j