From: Evan Harper <elh1@sympatico.ca>
To: Alistair@mail.nerdnet.ca, netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Can't get port forwarding DNAT to work
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:50:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FD9FFD8.8000502@sympatico.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <>>
>>iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 25 -j DNAT --to
>>192.168.0.4:25
>># forward smtp traffic to mail server
>>
>>
>
> Now you've changed the destination of the packets. Have you allowed the
>packets to get to the destination. You need an equivalent rule in FORWARD
>to let those DNATTED packets IN. ...
>
>
Indeed, this was my problem, which I figured out after I sent this
message. Personally I think section 4.2 of the NAT HOWTO ought to
mention this, since it seems to imply you need only the one rule.
Evan Harper
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2003-12-08 1:14 Can't get port forwarding DNAT to work Evan Harper
[not found] ` <200312111329.57484.Alistair Tonner <>
2003-12-12 17:50 ` Evan Harper [this message]
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