ipfw fwd doesn't handle ipv6 addresses

[gumbo at bsdmail.org]

The problem is the "fwd" can't handle "nextaddr" if "nextaddr" resolves to an ipv6 address.
It works fine if it resolves to an ipv4 address.  Any other ideas ?
Thanks,
Rick






-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 10:31 pm
Subject: Re: ipfw fwd doesn't handle ipv6 addresses


On 11/10/2010 14:42, gumbo at bsdmail.org wrote: 
 
> I'm running freebsd 7.2 and trying to find a way to forward a packet 
> based on it's source address. The following command works fine for 
> ipv4 addresses but fails for ipv6 addresses. ipfw add 101 fwd 
> nextaddr ip from myaddr to any out This works fine if nextaddr and 
> myaddr are ipv4 but fails to work if they are ipv6. Is this not yet 
> supported or is there another way to accomplish the same thing ? 
 
You might want to take a look at the ipfw man page, I think what you want is me6, not myaddr. 
 
Doug 
 
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