From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antony Stone Subject: Re: Problem with FORWARD hook Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:12:46 +0000 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200311112212.hABMCmj17939@agate.rockstone.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Tuesday 11 November 2003 9:59 pm, Leonid Veytser wrote: > When I dump the output of all the packets traveling thru my machine, I > notice that none go thru FORWARD hook. There's no other way packets are going to get routed through your machine except by passing through the FORWARD chain. > So, I tried to make a packet have > to go thru the FORWARD hook (ie by changing the packet dest at PREROUTING > hook), but the packet never goes to the FORWARD hook, but disappears. Show us an example of your rules so we can see what you are trying to do. > Can there be some incorrect configuration on my machine that would cause > it not to be able to forward packets? There are many ways of (mis)configuring a machine so that it doesn't forward packets. Some people might say this is a highly secure router :) Antony. -- Your email has been returned due to insufficient voltage. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.