Remember that from patch 0.0.4 you need to enable the EXPERIMENTAL option before you can enable 'Bridge firewalling'. How I do this is edit the .config file in my kernel dir and put the line CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y in it. I don't know how to enable EXPERIMENTAL using make menuconfig...
cheers, Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lennert Buytenhek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sven Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridge and iptables > Hi, > > You didn't enable 'Bridge firewalling' in your kernel config? Do your boot > messages say anything about 'Bridge firewalling registered'? > > > cheers, > Lennert > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 03:28:22PM +0100, Sven Schneider wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to set up a bridge + firewall (surprise! ;) > > The bridge is working just fine, but the firewalling-thing > > doesn't seem to work. > > > > Kernel 2.4.16, iptables version 1.2.4 > > > > I've applied the 2.4.16 - kernel patch. > > > > Even if i totaly block the traffic > > (iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j DROP > > iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -j DROP) > > nothing happens (on the local machine the firewall is working). > > > > I'm not a Linux guru, so it's probably some _very_ stupid > > mistake I just haven't noticed. > > > > > > Sven > > > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge > _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
