IPTABLES: error doing masquerading command

schorsch79 · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 27

hi there!
i installed a gentoo 1.4 box with a internet connection over pptp. the internet connection is working, i get a ip address assigned on ppp0, i can ping extern hosts from the routing machine, but when i try to set up masquerading with:

ragger · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 21

i had the same error a while ago after i upgraded the kernel.. fixed it by re-emerging iptables.

Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject:

Is module ipt_MASQUERADE loaded?

schorsch79 · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 27

yes, modules ipt_MASQUERADE is loaded.
I'll try to re-emerge iptables as ragger proposed, hoping, that it works! I'm using the gentoo reference platform, maybe my iptables is outdated (version 1.2.8)?

Janne Pikkarainen · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

If that didn't help, here's another question: is module iptable_nat loaded? In my box using masquerade/NAT I have these modules loaded:

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Module Size Used by Not tainted
ipt_MASQUERADE 2296 1 (autoclean)
iptable_nat 21656 1 (autoclean) [ipt_MASQUERADE]
ip_conntrack 29632 1 (autoclean) [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat]
iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 15992 5 [ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat iptable_filter]
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schorsch79 · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 27

ok, janne, i'm back with lynx now... so it takes some time. all the modules you specified, are loaded. i'm now emerging iptables. maybe this will fix the issue. i uses 1.2.8-rc1 and now there is 1.2.8, so let's hope that this changes things. otherwise i have no more ideas what to check.

wunderk1nd · n00b Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 10

I had the same problem with iptables installed from binary..

re-emerge from source

schorsch79 · n00b Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 27

solved!! reemerge iptables and it worked! thank you guys!

masseya · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

Moving from Networking and Security.

Please follow up to iptables invalid argument..

There are a great number of threads that are essentially dupes of this topic, so if you feel that something in this thread should go in the sticky thread, please re-post it there or provide a link back here. As always, please PM a moderator if you feel this thread is significantly different than any other thread and was inadvertently locked.

Thanks to nephros for pointing out the dupes.