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From: Jonathan Thibault <jonathan@navigue.com>
To: bridge@lists.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] All Packets Dropped if IPtables are enabled!
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:45:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4922E328.40608@navigue.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU149-W269664F47AF1AC405130E48B120@phx.gbl>

You probably have DROP has a default policy for the FORWARD table.

Add rules to FORWARD that lets the traffic you need through the bridge.

For example:
iptables -A FORWARD -s <host1> -d <host2> -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -s <host2> -d <host1> -j ACCEPT

Jonthan

Fahim Akhter wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have a single bridge, working between two PC's for testing purposes. 
> In rc.local if I stop "service iptables stop", the bridge works fine 
> and both sides are getting pinged.
>  
> But when I enable the IPtables it stops working, I need the iptables 
> for filtering and to use with ebtables, any Ideas ?
>  
> Thanks,
> Fahim Akhter
>
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-18 10:14 [Bridge] All Packets Dropped if IPtables are enabled! Fahim Akhter
2008-11-18 15:45 ` Jonathan Thibault [this message]

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