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From: Philip Craig <philipc@snapgear.com>
Subject: Re: Can iptables be completly built as modules?
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:39:21 +1000
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To: Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy@gmail.com>
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On 02/27/2006 07:24 PM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am currently working to make my Nokia770 act as a Wlan-card, however
> the default kernel does not support iptables, so I would like to
> extend it only via modules, not by recompiling the whole kernel...
> 
> Now I downloaded their cross-compilation enviroment, but when I tried
> to select "advanced router" as "m" it was not possible :-/
> 
> Any ideas or can't this be archived without a complete recompilation?

"Advanced router" is not required for iptables. It also doesn't
generate any code; it just allows other options to be selected.
But Netfilter is required, and it cannot be built as a module.