Make sure that you have 'wlan0' defined in your 'zones' file.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 6:59 AM
> To: Shorewall Users
> Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall doesn't know wlan0 is up
> 
> >> 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
> 
> I get the following when trying to start shorewall:
> 
> WARNING: Zone loc is empty
> ERROR: Unable to determine the routes through interface "wlan0"
> 
> My interfaces file has:
> 
> loc   wlan0   detect   tcpflags,detectnets,nosmurfs
> 
> Where do I need to look for my error?
> 
> - Grant
> 
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