On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:29:46 -0800
Grant <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm switching my router/AP from the wireless madwifi driver to the
> in-kernel ath5k driver.  Everything seems to work, except I need
> shorewall for NAT and it won't start because it says the loc zone is
> empty.

That is a Shorewall configuration blunder

> The only interface in the loc zone is wlan0, which is started
> by hostapd and is up and making connections.  Does anyone know why
> shorewall doesn't know wlan0 is up?  Shorewall started when I was
> using the madwifi driver and starting the Gentoo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
> script, but hostapd needs to start wlan0 when using ath5k in master
> mode.

If Shorewall is truly telling you that 'loc' is empty, then

a) That doesn't stop Shorewall from starting.
b) It means that you have NO hosts defined to be in the loc zone.

-Tom
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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