> On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 08:12 +0000, richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Today I upgraded my system from Linux
> > Kernel 2.6.16.20 to 2.6.20.7 because I needed an updated NIC driver. Upon
> > running make menuconfig, I noticed that the options for NAT seem to have
> > vanished from the config menu.
> ....
> > I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but the kernel mailing list
> > was slow at responding so I thought I'd try here.
>
> Exactly the right place to ask, don't worry.
>
> What you're probably missing is conntrack, which moved to
>
> Networking ->
> Networking options ->
> Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) ->
> Core Netfilter Configuration
>
> There, enable "Netfilter connection tracking support"
> (CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED) and "Netfilter Xtables support"
> (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES).
>
> Then, one menu up and into "IP: Netfilter Configuration",
> enable
>
> IPv4 connection tracking support (CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4)
> IP tables support (CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES)
> Full NAT (CONFIG_NF_NAT)
>
> and optionally MASQUERADE / REDIRECT.
>
> I understand those config options were moved because they are
> actually not IPv4 specific ("iptables") but more general,
> IPv4 / IPv6 / ARP ("xtables").
> The binary for setting the rules is still called "iptables", though.
>
> Hth,
> Torsten
>
Thanks Torsten, that was very helpful. Glad I found the right place first
time round!
Regards
Richard
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