Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore v1.2.11: iptables-restore: unable to initializetable 'filter' Error occurred at line: 3 Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information. [FAILED]
Have I not included something in the kernel?
Certainly looks like you have not included the entire netfilter firewall/networking stack, just find it in the kernel config menus and set all of netfilter/iptables to modules (there's tons of them).
Maciej