On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:08:23 -0600 Omar Armas <oarmas at mpsnet.net.mx> wrote: > > > > iptables FORWARD rules apply to routing not bridging > > > > See: > > http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/br_fw_ia/br_fw_ia.html#section6 > > > I recompiled with kernel 2.6.19, included ebtables modules and now it > is working, I can filter with iptables and the FORWARD chain. > I just want to confirm, was that the correct way to do it? Would have > it worked if I had patched 2.4 with ebtables? > Yes. if you don't have ebtables then the bridge does no filtering > -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at linux-foundation.org>
