Hello all,

I am trying to use netstat -M to view masq connections on my firewall.

I get the following message:

nermal:/# netstat -M
netstat.c: feature `FW_MASQUERADE' not supported.
Please recompile `net-tools' with newer kernel source or full
configuration.

I figured I needed to upgrade my version of netstat so I downloaded,
compiled, and installed the Net-Tools 1.46 source.  However I still
recieve the same message.

Here is what I get when I do a netstat -V

nermal:/usr/src/linux# netstat -V
net-tools 1.46
netstat 1.34 (1998-06-29)
Fred Baumgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Alan Cox.
+NEW_ADDRT +RTF_IRTT +RTF_REJECT +RT_NETLINK -FW_MASQUERADE -I18N
AF:(inet) +UNIX +INET -INET6 +IPX +AX25 +NETROM +ATALK
HW: +ETHER +ARC +SLIP +PPP +TUNNEL +TR +AX25 +NETROM +FR

I suspect that the problem is the '-FW_MASQUERADE' bit, but I don't know
what to do to set that option.

IPMASQ is up and running perfectly on my firewall. (This box has been in
use for ~1 year with no troubles)  I set all of the relevant IPMASQ
kernel options when I upgraded my kernel to 2.0.34

Here's the networking Section of my kernel .config file...

# Networking options
#
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y

#
# Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules.
#
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
# CONFIG_IP_MROUTE is not set
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=m
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set

I am running off of a slackware 3.2 base with various pieces upgraded...

I am sure this'll end up being a simple fix, but I just don't see it :)

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Sean Everson
Dymax Corporation
Pittsburgh PA
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