is a user-space application to configure the Linux kernel firewall tables. These tables contain chains of rules defining the treatment of network packets.
Questions tagged [iptables]
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How to open a Raspberry Pi Linux port?
I need to open TCP port 25 on my Raspberry Pi 3. I watched videos on the internet re. iptables, nothing has worked. If you have a solution, using iptables or another method, that would be great.
If you want to know, I'm building an SMTP mail…
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Raspberry Pi DHCP Server: clients not getting IP addresses
I am relatively new to networking, so please bear with me. For a purely educational project, I've set up a network where the Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspbian Stretch is to function both as a router and a DHCP server. The intention is to have a…
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iptables: nat table does not exist
I'm trying to do some NAT on my Raspi 2 running Raspbian. But when I try to do anything with the nat table in iptables, I get the following error:
iptables v1.4.21: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not exist (do you need to…
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Problem with iptables on buster - neither legacy or nft work
I recently installed buster on a Pi 3 Model B. Trying to setup a von (using pivpn) I realised that iptables is not working.
I've learned that there's legacy mode and nft. Here's part of the output from hostctl and what I get when I run either…
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How can I disable raspbmc's firewall for SSH access?
I want to be able to SSH into my Raspberry Pi from an external IP address. Right now, this doesn't work, due to raspbmc's firewall. How can I disable this firewall?
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Open Splash Page After Connecting to Wifi Hotspot
I'm using my pi3 to display a local "website" as described here Making a Raspberry Pi 3 accessible w/o configuration via WiFi and static IP/URL.
Therefore, I'm creating a hotspot with the pi. This hotspot has no connection to the internet. Thus,…
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Raspberry Pi Wifi Repeater – Block Ads
I configured my raspberry pi as a wireless repeater (using hostapd and dnsmasq).
Now I wonder how I could use it to block known ad-servers?
What would be the best way? Using iptables? Or setting up an dns-server, which blocks the evil adresses?
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VPN Passthrough two ethernet interface
I'm a quite new in the network my internet acces have a proxy so to by-pass it I use a VPN hosted on my VPS. I use the OpenVPN Client software for all my devices. (Windows, Android, Linux)
I got a Raspberry Pi and i would like to use it like a VPN…
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Configure the port knocking server (knockd)?
I'm trying to configure port knocking on my RasPI running Raspbmc, using knockd.
Here's what I've done:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install knockd
...then edited the files:
/etc/default/knockd :
# PLEASE EDIT /etc/knockd.conf BEFORE…
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How to restore the original iptables configuration?
I use RaspBMC as OS which stores its "persistent" iptables configuration in /etc/network/if-up.d/secure-rmc and I presume it's applied when the eth link goes up (e.g. after boot).
If I futz with the rules in the console, how can I reload the…
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IPv4 forwarding from RPi 2 to RPi Zero via OTG cable
I am trying to use my Raspberry Pi Zero together with my Raspberry Pi 2 and I want to share network access from my Raspberry Pi 2 to my Raspberry Pi Zero. I can easily create a local network connection between my Raspberry Pis, but I have a problem…
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RPi as Internet Gateway/Bridge
Can I use RPi as Internet Gateway/Bridge, with the possibility to control the network bandwidth depending upon local IP?
I would like to setup as follows, and I tried the tutorial at…
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Performance of a raspberry pi as a firewall
I am thinking of setting up a raspberry pi inside a private network to act as a firewall for all incoming/outgoing traffic in that network.
The idea would be to have a router connected to the network and connect the pi (along with all other devices)…
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Routing ethernet connection over WiFi
I have a situation which requires routing the connection from wlan0 to eth0 over the same network. The reason behind this, is that I would want to be able to connect to a device connected to the RPi over eth0, but through wlan0, so the RPi acts as a…
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How to make Pi an AP with 2 WiFi adapters?
I got a question. How to make Pi to be an AP with 2 wifi adapters, one wifi adapter is used to connect to the router, and another one is used to be an AP ? How to do this ?
By the way, I have realized that make an AP with eth0 and wlan0, using…
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