To build a kernel with the IP filter, follow these seven steps: 1. do "make freebsd4" 2. do "make install-bsd" (probably has to be done as root) 3. run "FreeBSD-4.0/kinstall" as root 4. build a new kernel 5. install the new kernel 6. If not using DEVFS, create devices for IP Filter as follows: mknod /dev/ipl c 79 0 mknod /dev/ipnat c 79 1 mknod /dev/ipstate c 79 2 mknod /dev/ipauth c 79 3 7. reboot Darren Reed darrenr@pobox.com