diff -urN smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip
--- smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip	2023-01-11 20:36:20.000000000 +0400
+++ smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip	2023-01-11 22:35:41.280000000 +0400
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
     </entry>
 
     <entry>
-            <base>ERROR_STATUS_GEOIP</base>
-            <trans><![CDATA[ <font color="red">GEOIP filtering is <b>inactive</b></font> (iptables) ]]></trans>
-    </entry>
-
-    <entry>
             <base>LABEL_BADCOUNTRIES_STATUS</base>
             <trans>Current list of banished country codes : </trans>
     </entry>
@@ -302,4 +297,19 @@
             <trans><![CDATA[ <font color="red">GEOIP license key unavailable. Downloading is <b>inactive</b></font> ]]></trans>
     </entry>
 
+    <entry>
+            <base>ERROR_MISSING_MODULE</base>
+            <trans><![CDATA[ <font color="red">Module xt_geoip is missing. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b></font> ]]></trans>
+    </entry>
+
+    <entry>
+            <base>ERROR_UNLOADED_MODULE</base>
+            <trans><![CDATA[ <font color="red">Module xt_geoip not loaded. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b></font> ]]></trans>
+    </entry>
+
+    <entry>
+            <base>ERROR_FILTER_CHAIN_MISSING</base>
+            <trans><![CDATA[ <font color="red">Filtering chain XTGeoIP is not in use. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b></font> ]]></trans>
+    </entry>
+
 </lexicon>
diff -urN smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip
--- smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip	2023-01-11 20:36:20.000000000 +0400
+++ smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/xt_geoip	2023-01-11 20:50:41.936000000 +0400
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 	    <label> </label>
 	</field>
 
-
         <field type="literal" id="country_list_label" value="">
             <description>COUNTRY_LIST_DESCRIPTION</description>
         </field>
diff -urN smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/xt_geoip.pm smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/xt_geoip.pm
--- smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/xt_geoip.pm	2023-01-11 20:36:20.000000000 +0400
+++ smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/xt_geoip.pm	2023-01-11 20:20:08.000000000 +0400
@@ -175,21 +175,27 @@
         return $db->get_prop("$item", "$prop") || "disabled";
 }
 
+
 =head2 get_stat_geoip
 
-method to retrieve the status of geoip for the form
+method to retrieve the status of geoip (module and filtering) for the form
 =cut
 
 sub get_stat_geoip
 {
 	my $fm = shift;
-	if ( get_geoip() eq 'enabled' && system ( "/sbin/iptables -L -n | grep 'GeoIP' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
-	    return $fm->localise('ERROR_STATUS_GEOIP');
+	if ( system ( "/bin/test -f /lib/modules/`/bin/uname -r`/weak-updates/xtables-addons/xt_geoip.ko") != 0 ) {
+	    return $fm->localise('ERROR_MISSING_MODULE');
+	} elsif ( system ( "/sbin/lsmod | grep 'xt_geoip' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
+	    return $fm->localise('ERROR_UNLOADED_MODULE');
+	} elsif ( get_geoip() eq 'enabled' && system ( "/sbin/iptables -L -n | grep 'XTGeoIP' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
+	    return $fm->localise('ERROR_FILTER_CHAIN_MISSING');
 	} else {
 	    return '';
 	}
 }
 
+
 =head2 get_stat_license_key
 
 method to retrieve the status of geoip license_key for the site
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@
 
 }
 
+
 =head2 get_date_update
 =cut
 
diff -urN smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Xt_geoip.pm smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Xt_geoip.pm
--- smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Xt_geoip.pm	2023-01-11 20:36:20.000000000 +0400
+++ smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/Controller/Xt_geoip.pm	2023-01-11 19:50:19.000000000 +0400
@@ -256,9 +256,14 @@
 
 
 sub get_stat_geoip {
+
 	my $c = shift;
-	if ( get_geoip() eq 'enabled' && system ( "/sbin/iptables -L -n | grep 'GeoIP' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
-	    return $c->l('xtg_ERROR_STATUS_GEOIP');
+	if ( system ( "/bin/test -f /lib/modules/`/bin/uname -r`/weak-updates/xtables-addons/xt_geoip.ko") != 0 ) {
+	    return $c->l('xtg_ERROR_MISSING_MODULE');
+	} elsif ( system ( "/sbin/lsmod | grep 'xt_geoip' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
+	    return $c->l('xtg_ERROR_UNLOADED_MODULE');
+	} elsif ( get_geoip() eq 'enabled' && system ( "/sbin/iptables -L -n | grep 'XTGeoIP' > /dev/null") != 0 ) {
+	    return $c->l('xtg_ERROR_FILTER_CHAIN_MISSING');
 	} else {
 	    return '';
 	}
@@ -312,7 +317,6 @@
     return \@serv_rec;
 }
 
-
 sub get_srv_badcountries {
     my ( $c, $name, $full ) = @_;
 
diff -urN smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/I18N/Modules/Xt_geoip/xt_geoip_en.lex smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/I18N/Modules/Xt_geoip/xt_geoip_en.lex
--- smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1.old/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/I18N/Modules/Xt_geoip/xt_geoip_en.lex	2023-01-11 20:36:20.000000000 +0400
+++ smeserver-xt_geoip-1.3.1/root/usr/share/smanager/lib/SrvMngr/I18N/Modules/Xt_geoip/xt_geoip_en.lex	2023-01-11 22:42:22.754000000 +0400
@@ -63,4 +63,7 @@
 <ul><li>Select here among the other services not yet managed individually.
 </li><li>You may select one or more elements. Generally <b>enabled and public</b> ones.</li></ul> ',
 'xtg_LABEL_AVAILABLE_SERVICES' => 'Available Services',
-'xtg_ERROR_LICENSE_KEY' => ' <font color="red">GEOIP license key unavailable. Downloading is <b>inactive</b></font> ',
+'xtg_ERROR_LICENSE_KEY' => 'GEOIP license key unavailable. Downloading is <b>inactive</b>',
+'xtg_ERROR_MISSING_MODULE' => 'Module xt_geoip is missing. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b>',
+'xtg_ERROR_UNLOADED_MODULE' => 'Module xt_geoip not loaded. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b>',
+'xtg_ERROR_FILTER_CHAIN_MISSING' => 'Filtering chain XTGeoIP is not in use. GeoIP based filtering is <b>inactive</b>',