Subject: Re: a couple questions
To: SamMaEl <rimsky@teleport.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/28/1997 17:07:35
> Also, when I startup ipf at boottime, setting it to YES in
> rc.conf, when I use my /etc/ppp/nat-up script I get this:
>
> hobbes# ./nat-up
> Current IP address is 206.163.57.84
> Cleaning out IPNAT
> 0 entries flushed from NAT table
> 0 entries flushed from NAT list
> SIOCFRENB: Device busy
> Setting up IPNAT for IP address 206.163.57.84
> hobbes#
>
> So, I'm thinking that with a dynamic IP, I should NOT start it up
> at boottime, correct? Since, I have not yet been assigned an IP at
> boottup.
I think you're right. Fire up ipnat when the ppp connection comes up,
not at boot.
> DESCRIPTION
> ipfstat examines /dev/kmem using the symbols _fr_flags,
> _frstats, _filterin, and _filterout. To run and work, it
> needs to be able to read both /dev/kmem and the kernel
> itself. The kernel name defaults to /vmunix.
>
> The default behaviour of ipfstat is to retrieve and dis-
> play the accumulated statistics which have been accumu-
> lated over time as the kernel has put packets through the
> filter.
>
> ---
> Is this still true?? Because for NetBSD nowadays, I KNOW the
> kernel's name isn't /vmunix ;-) If it IS, I'm thinking that there needs to
> be something updated ;-)
This is a bug. Normally, I'd emplore you to send-pr the problem. But this
one's been fixed. My source shows the change was early this month (I
picked it up in the Dec 4 SUP).
Take care,
Bill