iptables and kernels > 2.6.20

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:57:34PM +0200, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> In the case where anyone is using a kernel >= 2.6.20, have you had any 
> issues with iptables and nat?
> 
> I'm using 2.6.20 and using the exact same config from 2.6.19, which had 
> worked perfectly before my upgrad, but I receive the following error.
> 
> # iptables -L -t nat
> FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
> iptables v1.3.7: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not 
> exist (do you need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> 
> I have the iptables built directly into my kernel, so it's not actually 
> built as a module.

Maybe you shouldn't have.

> Any suggestions are appreciated.

Most likely you left out some config options for iptables features that
you need.  Perhaps some can ONLY be modules.  It is not unheard of for
kernel features that can't be built in at all.

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