Payal Rathod wrote:

>Hi,
>I want to access my internal machine from outside. But I am unable to do 
>so. I tried,
># iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -d <my_ext_ip> -p tcp --dport
>8081 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.16:80
># iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 8081 -j ACCEPT
>  
>
the one above is useless because the INPUT chain in this case is not 
traversed.

># iptables -I FORWARD -s 192.168.0.16 -j ACCEPT
>  
>
This one is the one u need ... but u have to make the check on 
destination and not on source so
#iptables -I FORWARD -d 192.168.0.16 -j ACCEPT

>With warm regards,
>-Payal
>
>  
>
bye :)


-- 
---------------------------------------
#######################################

"Linux, the choice of a GNU generation"
     ==Micro$oft - just say NO== 

#######################################
---------------------------------------