User`s manual
IA260-261-262 EM-2260 LX User’s Manual  Managing Communications 
Examples: 
Example 1: Accept all packets from lo interface. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i lo –j ACCEPT 
Example 2: Accept TCP packets from 192.168.0.1. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp –s 192.168.0.1 –j ACCEPT 
Example 3: Accept TCP packets from Class C network 192.168.1.0/24. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp –s 192.168.1.0/24 –j ACCEPT 
Example 4: Drop TCP packets from 192.168.1.25. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp –s 192.168.1.25 –j DROP 
Example 5: Drop TCP packets addressed for port 21. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp --dport 21 –j DROP 
Example 6: Accept TCP packets from 192.168.0.24 to IA260/IA261/IA262/EM-2260’s port 137, 
138, 139 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp –s 192.168.0.24 --dport 137:139 –j ACCEPT 
Example 7: Log TCP packets that visit IA260/IA261/IA262/EM-2260’s port 25. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p tcp --dport 25 –j LOG 
Example 8: Drop all packets from MAC address 01:02:03:04:05:06. 
# iptables –A INPUT –i eth0 –p all –m mac –mac-source 01:02:03:04:05:06 –j DROP 
NOTE: In Example 8, remember to issue the command 
#modprobe ipt_mac
 first to load module 
ipt_mac.
NAT 
NAT (Network Address Translation) protocol translates IP addresses used on one network to 
different IP addresses used on another network. One network is designated the inside network and 
the other designated the outside network. Typically, the IA260/IA261/IA262/EM-2260 connects 
several devices on a network and maps local inside network addresses to one or more global 
outside IP addresses, and un-maps the global IP addresses on incoming packets back into local IP 
addresses. 
NOTE  Click on the following link for more information about iptables and NAT: 
http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/NAT-HOWTO.html
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