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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
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On Tuesday 28 September 2010 21:08:53 Magos=C3=A1nyi =C3=81rp=C3=A1d wrote:
> But with three nodes in a linear topology user-A-B-C, the reject=20
> firewall chain (basically the FORWARD chain) eats up the packets user->A
> This is the same rule which rejects batman packets A->C which go through=
=20
> B, and there are the gate interface which I do not understand, so while=20
> the following rules seem to solve the problem at least for three nodes,=20
> I have a feeling that I am not on the right path, and maybe on a way to=20
> cause packet storms.
> iptables -A forwarding_rule -d 10.42.0.0/24 ! -s 10.42.0.0/24 -i ath0 -o=
=20
> ath0 -j ACCEPT
> iptables -A forwarding_rule -s 10.42.0.0/24 ! -d 10.42.0.0/24 -o ath0 -i=
=20
> ath0 -j ACCEPT

Could you explain what kind of traffic you actually want to block ? I also =
don't=20
understand what packet storm you are afraid of.

Regards,
Marek