iptables

[Harald Welte]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 08:19:07PM -0500, eppo wrote:
> I installed the new 2.4.0-test11 kernel, sayed yes to netfilter before i compile, and installed iptables-1.1.2 by doing make, and make install. but when i try to execute the command:

You have to say 'Yes' to all the different options in the Netfilter submenu!

Depending on what you want to do, I recommend at least:

CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT
> 
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
> i get the error:iptables v1.1.2: can't initialize iptables table `nat': iptables who? (do you need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> there is no sign of any modules on my system, execpt for the dummy.o module?
> anyone know what is going on?

you have to compile all the different netfilter modules by enabling them in
the kernel configuration (module names are: ip_tables.o, iptable_nat.o, ...)
> thanks,
> eppo
> 

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