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Next step would be to make yourself familiar with compiling a custom kernel. But there be dragons. You have to be brave to go further :-)

I'm still unclear on some things.
1. What is meant by "stock kernel"? Is it the default kernel which came with the device?
Then, does it work for basic IPTables commands? (someone please verify this for me , because I don't have a N900 with me at the moment)

2. If it doesn't, then does one of the packages here:
http://maemo.org/packages/view/iptables/
modifies the kernel or do I have to modify the kernel before installing the package? Which package can I use for N900?

Once again, thank you in advance.

ehm why compile custom kernel when then default one works fine with iptables?



got iptables on mine

I didn't know that. I thought i read somewhere else that it isn't possible with stock kernel.

But yeah. stock kernel means the pre installed kernel.

Therock, would you share your iptables script? I tried using iptables yesterday and got an error message for the target ACCEPT.

Did you do anything else but install the iptables package and "modprobe ip_tables"?

modprobe iptable_filter

and then i just had the "apt-get install iptables"

and wolla you got iptables and you can create your own rules

Thanks guys

so,i understood iptables is compatible with stock kernel but not with kernel-power what can be downloaded from maemo.org repository?

thanks