From: "Jonathan De Graeve" <Jonathan dot DeGraeve at imelda dot be>

> > That's normal if you aren't using the traffic shaper or captive
> >portal.  ipfw isn't loaded unless you're using something that uses it.
> >
> >We've also determined that it's not only situations where ipfw is
> >loaded or not loaded that it happens.

> I know, but this was contradictious with the sentence "Captive portal
>  stops working...." so I assumed ipfw being loaded in that case.

> After further investigation (having access on one box) it seemed that CP
>  nor traffic shaper were enabled,
> I'm not sure why CP would work at all in this case. I will check this out
>  with the administrator for this specific issue because I'm getting
>  contradictious information.

The administrator is having change management issues.  Two boxes had CP 
turned off by others to "temporarily relieve the problem" and one had it 
turned of until the splash page could be changed.  Of course, no one told 
me... <sigh> I love my job...

                                Lee