> 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 ------------------------------------------------ This message was sent using InSPire Net Webmail. http://www.inspire.net.nz