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From: John Dangler <jdangler@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] iptables
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:20:30
Message-Id: 004901c5ad4b$870f5a90$0501a8c0@croatus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] iptables by Neil Bothwick
1 Nick~
2 Would your consensus also agree with Hans-Werner's on this?
3 The problem was (posted earlier) that having ipw2100/ieee80211 compiled in
4 and then adding iptables to the kernel caused the wireless to go south on a
5 reboot.
6 >> That incorporation of netfilter into the kernel changes some internal
7 >> structs, i guess. So you need to recompile your other modules (ipw2100
8 >> and fellows - at least the network-dependent) for the new kernel.
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10 I'd like to get this running, so I can setup firestarter on my laptop.
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12 Thanks for your input.
13
14 John D
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16 -----Original Message-----
17 From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk]
18 Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:56 AM
19 To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
20 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] iptables
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22 On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:43:26 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
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24 > > "We recommend you enable _everything_ except ipchains support and
25 > > ipfwadm support as modules under this menu"
26 >
27 > I never read this as meaning that everything should be selected, but
28 > rather that everything that you select under this menu, other than
29 > ipchains support and ipfwadm, should be selected as a module rather than
30 > static.
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32 That interpretation would also mean that you should enable ipchains as
33 static, something you wouldn't want. But it is a highly ambiguous
34 statement.
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38 Neil Bothwick
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40 The best antiques are old friends.
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