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Re: Frustration (cablemodem woes)



Paul 'Baloo' Johnson, 2001-Nov-12 06:12 -0800:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, John wrote:
> 
> > > > Although I had to replace REJECT with DROP.
> > >
> > > Why's that?
> >
> > Using REJECT I kept getting:
> >
> > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> >
> > when restarting ipmasq.
> >
> > Did I forget a module?
> > (sorry  about  mailing  directly  to  you the first time)

You need to load ipt_REJECT module to support rejects.

> Also, could someone straighten it out for me?  DROP is a silent drop of
> the packet, whereas REJECT gives you, "Connection refused" right?

You are correct.

-- 
Jeff Coppock		Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian		Admin and User



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