Re: Packet forwarding.

[Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>]

On Wednesday 07 April 2004 6:00 pm, bdameron@tscnet.net wrote:

>  I have 2 linux machines. One is accessable via the outside world (Internet
> machine) the other has no outside connectivity (LAN Machine). I need to
> redirect port 443 traffic to and from the LAN server via the Internet
> machine. Is this possible with Iptables?

Yes.   Have you read any of the tutorials or HOWTOs available from 
http://www.netfilter.org to find out what it can do and how to make it do it?

> I have setup packet forwarding but then the LAN server tries to connect
> directly to the client machine instead of to the Internet machine. Any
> direction appreciated.

If you tell us what your rules are and give us some more detail about your 
network setup, we might be able to help, however a better solution for you is 
to look at some of the excellent documentation available to learn how to do 
it yourself.   This is not a hard problem, and you will be able to manage 
your system much better in future if you understand more about how it works.

One very important detail which is not clear from your description above is: 
where is the "client machine" located?

Regards,

Antony.

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