Hi i am new in linux and working on a project where i am working on iptables.
i have installed iptables in system.when i am giving this cmmand "iptables --table nat --flush"
its giving ""iptables v1.4.15: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded." this error

so please help me

regards
lax

not sure but do you have enabled ip forwarding?
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
should be 1.

Did you check if the modules are loaded?
lsmod
? ip_conntrack ?
? iptable_nat ?
probably also some others?

If you're using iptables, I can also suggest you look at fwbuilder to get a good gui-based policy/nat iptables builder program.

i did the lsmod and i found these modules

Module Size Used by
iptable_filter 1091 1
ip_tables 10941 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 12531 2 iptable_filter,ip_tables
bridge 66069 0
stp 1334 1 bridge
llc 3080 2 bridge,stp
wl12xx_sdio 3395 0
wl12xx 118681 1 wl12xx_sdio
evbug 1525 0


Not able to find
? ip_conntrack ?
? iptable_nat ?
these entry
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward values is 1
so please tell me how i can get this

Can you try

modprobe iptable_nat

as root?
what is the result of "modinfo iptable_nat"
I see that ip_conntrack is now nf_conntrack on my xubuntu system but in the info from iptable_nat it should be mentionned as dependency.

After the modprobe, check if the iptable_nat is loaded with lsmod | grep iptable_nat

What distro are you working on? which version of kernel (uname -a) Did you do an upgrade or is this a fresh install? (from cd?)

modprobe iptable_nat command eneded with
"FATAL: Module iptable_nat not found."

and i am using 3.0.3.ti-omap3-beagle-2.6.29 linux kernel for monta vista

never heard of monta vista but there are so many ... it seems something light-weight embedded thing per distrowatch site.

no iptable_nat module, hmm how to get it? Is there a package manager on your system like apt-get or yum?

What you are probably missing is the support for iptables netfilter in your kernel.

Try to search your package-manager if any for a kernel that supports netfilter/iptables. Or you will have to compile your own kernel and do also the modules_install.

there is no option for apt-get and yum,

can i have to make changes in my kernel .config file or load the module
i have try both the option!!
anyone from networking domain will have the better idea .......

if modprob iptable_nat fails, it means there is no support in your kernel and the module is not installed on your system.
A quick google (http://meld.org/discussion/general-d...-montavista-40) learned me that for monta vista, you have to copy the nec. files from somewhere.

for compile of the kernel, you need the sources
then enter the directory with the kernel sources
make menuconfig (if it exists on monta vista)
go through the netfilter options and enable the options for iptables, I think somewhere in device drivers / networking support.

and then compile the kernel and modules with
make && make modules_install
make install => move files to places in boot etc.

regds.