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From: "Chen Ding" <ding@packetlink.com>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: NAT Forwarding Problem
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:22:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001201c25dae$0d31dee0$6501a8c0@JCC> (raw)

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Hi All,

I have encountered a wiered (or maybe a stupid) problem with iptables NAT forwarding. 

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Settings:
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I have four machines in the setting:
    Machine A:             192.168.1.81                 RedHat 7.3
    Machine B:             192.168.1.17                 RedHat 7.3
    Machine C:             192.168.1.101               Microsoft XP
    Machine D:             An public IP address      RedHat 7.3

On Machine A, I have just one Rule:

    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 192.168.1.81 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.1.17

On Machine A, B, and D, ipchains were disabled, iptables were enabled. Running rpm -q iptables gave me:

                iptables-1.2.5-3

On Machine B/D, no rules were set, defauled to accept all.
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Problems:
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    pings:
    1. Machine C to ping 192.168.1.81:         OK (should actually ping 192.168.1.17)
    2. Machine C to ping 192.168.1.17:         OK 
    3. Machine A to pring 192.168.1.17:        OK

    telnet: 
    1. Machine C to telnet 192.168.1.17:       OK
    2. Machine A to telnet 192.168.1.17:       OK
    3. Machine C to telnet 192.168.1.81:       No response

According to the rule, when Machine C telneting Machine A, Machine A should forward packets to Machine B, resulting in telneting Machine B. If use netstat, it did tell us that Machine A forwarded several packets.

However, if I change the rule on Machine A to forward all packets to Machine D, everything works just fine. Machine C can telnet Machine A, which ends up telneting Machine D.
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Having struggled for several days, I am desperate!!!!!!!!!  Your help is GREATLY appreciated!

My questions are:
    1. Is there anything wrong in my understanding of iptables?
    2. Anything wrong in the setting?


Thanks!

Chen Ding



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2002-09-16 18:22 Chen Ding [this message]
2002-09-16 19:27 ` NAT Forwarding Problem Antony Stone

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