Re: sysctl net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw not working

On 1/18/24 07:58, Richard Bader wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Os: FreeBSD border2.bader.loc 13.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p9 releng/13.2-n254652-c78c31d2ef40 GENERIC amd64
> 
> i'm trying to setup a 'filtering-bridge' (https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/filtering-bridges/) but the mentioned
> 
> systctl does not exist:
> 
> root@border2:~ # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw=1
> sysctl: unknown oid 'net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw'



My system does have '`net.link.bridge.ipfw'.

BTW
You send this networking question to a mailing list about ARM while you are running on amd64.
I think you would have got more reply on the more general freebsd-questions@ or freebsd-stable@ mailinglist. Or maybe freebsd-net@.

Regards,
Ronald.






> 
> 
> trying to compile the 'options bridge' results in
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> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> stage 1: configuring the kernel
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/MYKERNEL: unknown option "BRIDGE"
> --- buildkernel ---
> 
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> 
> best
> 
> richard
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