iptables module not loading. RHEL 4.

noir911 · 05-26-2009, 07:13 PM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 6) 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP

I don't know what the trigger was, but I lost both NICs when I restarted a server (there was no patching or anything!). The fix was to put the following in /etc/rc.local file:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-67.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-67.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.ko

but now I get error in /var/log/messages...

Quote:

modprobe: FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.

Which module do I need to load in order to get rid of this error?

Thanks.

twantrd · 05-26-2009, 08:07 PM

'modprobe ip_tables' most likely would fix that for ya.

However, before you restarted the server, did you remember the kernel version? Perhaps someone changed the default kernel to be something else? Check your /boot/grub/menu.lst

-twantrd