Make sure that you have 'wlan0' defined in your 'zones' file. Scott Ackerman 1212 Baker Street Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 970-689-3999 www.fine-pottery.com www.ackerman-family.org
"Every improvement in the standard of work men do is followed swiftly and inevitably by an improvement in the men who do it" - William Morris > -----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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer > Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app > development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process > makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one > step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
