ptables v1.6.1: can’t initialize iptables table nat': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. iptables v1.6.1: can't initialize iptables tablenat’: Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
I’ve tried modprobe, apt full upgrade, re-installing iptables etc to no avail. I read a similar post from a while back that alluded not all tables were supported in the supplied kernel. is there a way to get this supported?
Thank you once again. I am still learning howto do a kernel upgrade but I will get it sorted out. My other issue is that apparently the vendor kernel I am using does not support pppoe, do you recall if you enabled it in yours? The logs I am seeing show this
Sep 3 12:50:28 localhost pppoe-server[1159]: PADT for session 1 received from 3C:90:66:FD:E6:F0; should be from 00:00:00:00:00:00
Sep 3 12:50:29 localhost pppoe-server[3632]: Session 1 created for client 3c:90:66:fd:e6:f0 (10.0.5.10) on lan0 using Service-Name ‘’
Sep 3 12:50:29 localhost pppd[3632]: Couldn’t open the /dev/ppp device: No such file or directory
Sep 3 12:50:29 localhost pppd[3632]: Sorry - this system lacks PPP kernel support
Sep 3 12:50:29 localhost pppoe-server[1159]: Session 1 closed for client 3c:90:66:fd:e6:f0 (10.0.5.10) on lan0
Of course I am running into issues but I believe its because I am still booting from the SD, not eMMC and the tar file is trying to create symlinks between the to. I’m going to try converting to eMMC and try again.
The only networking issues I have so far are lack of nat and ppoe support. The Vendor build uses dsa and I configure the interfaces as you detailed above.
I’m still messing up the kernel upgrade but I do thank you for the helpful hints, It got me a lot further down the road. I’ll give it another go tomorrow though I can move on using an RPI that I have working for this.
The BPI’s (I have about 9 of them) will all be test servers/clients for RG’s we are working on, the built in 4 lan interfaces and a wan interface make it a perfect test server for my needs ( 4 x lan test networks, using the wan for management). Wifi 11ac/ax support is actually the reason we chose this platform as a test + prototype platform.
I may just start over tomorrow or the next day with a new SD card, perhaps that will clean things up a bit.
Again, thank you for all the help along the way
-trent