Nick~
Would your consensus also agree with Hans-Werner's on this?
The problem was (posted earlier) that having ipw2100/ieee80211 compiled in
and then adding iptables to the kernel caused the wireless to go south on a
reboot.
>> That incorporation of netfilter into the kernel changes some internal 
>> structs, i guess. So you need to recompile your other modules (ipw2100
>> and fellows - at least the network-dependent) for the new kernel.

I'd like to get this running, so I can setup firestarter on my laptop.

Thanks for your input.

John D 

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:56 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] iptables

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:43:26 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:

> > "We recommend you enable _everything_ except ipchains support and
> > ipfwadm support as modules under this menu"
> 
> I never read this as meaning that everything should be selected, but
> rather that everything that you select under this menu, other than
> ipchains support and ipfwadm, should be selected as a module rather than
> static.

That interpretation would also mean that you should enable ipchains as
static, something you wouldn't want. But it is a highly ambiguous
statement.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The best antiques are old friends.


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