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rjn2309

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Registered: 2014-01-19

Posts: 3

IPTables can't initialize?

Hi all,
I'm trying to enable NAT on my Raspberry Pi for a project, I have been consulting the Arch Wiki page and have found that I need to use IPTables to enable masquerading.

So I execute the command as stated:

# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o internet0 -j MASQUERADE
# iptables -A FORWARD -i internet0 -o internal0 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -A FORWARD -i internal0 -o internet0 -j ACCEPT

However when I execute just the first command in that list it returns:

iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
    Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
    iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
    Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
    iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `mangle': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
    Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. 

I am a bit of newbie but I think it has something to do with the kernel? can someone offer a dummed down explanation/fix?

Thanks

WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: IPTables can't initialize?

I think you need to ask on the Arch Linux ARM forum.

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