ipfw command not working

[Christian Hiris]

On Thursday 02 September 2004 21:29, Fondjo Bertrand-BFONDJO1 wrote:
> Hello Folks,
> When I try to use the ipfw command to configure a pipe for example: " ipfw
> add pipe 1 icmp from any to any", I am getting this error:
> "getsockopt(IP_FW_ADD) : Protocol not available". Can somebody help with
> this, please? I can't configure a pipe either. It seems a I am missing
> something in my free bsd. 

What you are probably missing is "options DUMMYNET" in your kernel config. You 
can find some more details on this in 'man 4 dummynet'. 

Cheers,
ch

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