problem on ipfw using mac addresses

[Paul A. Procacci]

Have you set net.link.ether.ipfw?

~Paul

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 05:34:04PM +0430, h bagade wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem using ipfw firewall. I have a topology connected as below:
>
> A(192.168.1.55) ----- (192.168.1.1)my_sys(192.168.2.1)
> -------(192.168.2.12)B
>
> I've set the rule "ipfw add 1 deny icmp from any to any" on my_sys, which
> works correctly. I can't ping from A to B by the rule. Then I've added mac
> part to the rule as the format of "ipfw add 1 deny icmp from any to any ma
> any any" which seems the same as before but after that I could ping the B
> from A.
> What's the reason? I'm really confused with what I saw! Is it a bug?
>
> Any hints or suggestions are really appreciated.
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