You want a normal firewall, so why do you want to use ebtables ?? On Apr 7, 2005 8:49 AM, Visham Ramsurrun <vishamr2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi to all, > > I wanted to know abt the following: > > 1) do we always have to set up ebtables as a bridge or bridge router > to be able to use ebtables commands. Is it possible to have only a > normal firewall using ebtables (just like with iptables). It's just > that almost all examples I've come across talk abt building only > bridges, bridgefirewalls or bridge routers. I just need a confirmation > of this. > > 2) Also, I want to make the packets move from the link layer right > after ebtables NAT PREROUTING to iptables. I have not set up my PC as > a bridge or bridge router.. I just want to set up a normal firewall > that makes use of both ebtables and iptables. > > How do i go about it? do i use br-nf code?Does anyone have a sample > script using br-nf code? If yes, pls send it to me. > > Thx in advance.. > > Best regards, > Visham Ramsurrun > > -- Mohamed Eldesoky www.eldesoky.net RHCE
