bridging and ipfw under 5.4-RC3.

[Josef Karthauser]

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 09:04:13PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> I'm having a bit of trouble getting ipfw and bridging working under
> 5.4-RC3.  I've just upgraded a 4.11 machine to RELENG_5_4 expecting the
> preexisting bridging configuration to work, but it doesn't.  Or at least
> it does at boot time and then after a little while bridging just stops
> altogether.  If I kldunload bridge and ipfw and then reload them I can
> get it working again, but only for a short period.  Does anyone else see
> this too or is it just me?

Ok, refining the solution slightly.  I can fix the problem by doing:

    # kldunload ipfw && kldload ipfw && /etc/netstart

This clears the problem every time.  Definitely smells like a bug to me.

Joe
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