Re: routing help
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 12:38:14AM -0500, Robert Rati wrote:
> I need some help with setting up a firewall for a router. Basically, I
> just want to set it up to forward packets on to other machines on the
> network. I read the manpage for ipfwadm, and it looks like ipfwadm -F -p
> deny is where I want to begin. Setting the default rule to deny. Problem
> is, when I do this, I get this error:
>
> ipfwadm:setsockopt failed: Invalid arguement
>
> I've also noticed I don't have a /proc/net/ip-forward, which could be a
> big problem. I've got masquerading compiled into the kernel, but I could
> find no option that talked about forwarding. The 2.0.x kernels had this
> as a specific option, but the 2.2.x kernels don't appear to. Can someone
> give me some hints or nudges in the right direction?
>
You definitely need to read the firewall HOWTO and the the
IP-masquearding HOWTO. In these documents you will find directions
how to compile your kernel.
> Rob
>
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Hope this helps.
Joop
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