[afnog] IPfw + IPv6 in FreeBSD-6.0

Mark Tinka mtinka at africaonline.co.zw
Mon Apr 9 15:09:17 UTC 2007


On Friday 06 April 2007 15:37, Phil Regnauld wrote:

> Joe Abley (jabley) writes:
> > I hear (but don't know enough about ipfw to confirm) that
> > ipfw has some unique features that make it a sensible choice
> > in some circumstances. If you're not using any of those
> > special features, though, you might try pf and see how you
> > like it.
>
> 	I could wax long about both, since I use them on a daily
> basis at multiple sites, both in simple and redundant setups
> (with CARP and pfsync in the case of PF).
>
> 	Traffic shaping is much easier with dummynet/ipfw than with
> with altq and pf.  You can mix and match pf/ipfw of course. 
> Didn't try with IPv6.

Thanks Joe and Phil.

Mark.
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