new to linux-ipchains trouble

[jones joens <dorkus_sensitivo@yahoo.com>]

Hello, I am new to the linux game and am running into some difficulty.  I cannot get ipchains, iptables, or ipfwadm to work.  All three give me errors that say something is missing in the kernel.  Such that

 

ipfwadm --> Generic IP Firewall Chains not in this Kernel

ipchains -L --> Incompatible with this Kernel

iptables -L --> can't initialize iptables table 'filter': iptables who? (do you need insmod)  Perhaps iptables or your Kernel needs to be upgraded.

 

I got these packages using dselect.  Kernelversion shows 2.2.  For ipchains and iptables I am using a generic -L (list) command since I am not exactly sure about setting up rules.  I  want to make sure that the programs where properly installed and are working before I get into the rules part of it.  Do I need some library or a kernel upgrade or patch?

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