On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 10:45:35AM +0100, Olli wrote:
> 
> Patrick Welche asked me about ipf -E. In the netstart-file I have the
> following entries:
> -> if [ -f /etc/ipnat.conf ]; the
> -> echo 'starting IP network address translation'
> -> /usr/sbin/ipnat -f /etc/ipnat.conf
> -> fi
> -> if checkyesno ipfilter; then
> -> if [ -f /etc/ipf.conf ]; then
> -> echo 'installing packet filter rules'
> -> ipf -E -Fa -f /etc/ipf.conf
> -> fi
> -> fi

  Sorry if this has already been discussed -- I'm a late-comer.

  Did you notice at boot-time if those 'echo' messages got
printed?  i.e., do you have an /etc/ipf.conf?  I think I had
everything enabled, but forgot `touch /etc/ipf.conf', and that
took me a while to track down.

  Brian