utteerna wrote: > 3)Downloaded patch-o-matic-ng-20061108.tar and put it in /usr/src dir > and untarred it You don't need POM. > ---QUESTION-->> Do i have to compile them in to the kernel rather than > compiling them as modules??? There is no difference. If you compile as a module you must load it before use. Nothing else. > 8) cd /usr/src/iptables-1.3.6 > [/usr/src/iptables-1.3.6]# make clean > [/usr/src/iptables-1.3.6]#make Nope! You must run 'make KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2' > [/usr/src/iptables-1.3.6]#make install Nope! You must run 'make install KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.18.2'