Re: Per-client routing, plus masquerading -- possible?

[Steven M Campbell <Netfilter@SCampbell.net>]

Jeremy Elson wrote:
> [ Oops, sent this to netfilter-devel before I realized this list
> existed.  D'oh! ]
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to set up a Linux box as a NATting router.  But here's the
> trick: my box's external interface is on a LAN that has a whole bunch
> of next-hop routers on it, any of which can be used to access the
> Internet.  I'm trying to figure out how to configure iptables so that
> the NAT box selects the router to use based on client IP address
> (i.e., the IP address on the inside interface).
> 
> In other words -- I'd like ipfilter to keep the destination IP address
> unchanged, but select a next-hop destination (e.g., by changing the
> destination MAC address) based on the source IP.   And, on top of all
> this, mangle the source address according to normal masquerading.
> 
> I've been tinkering with a command like this:
> 
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -i $INTERNAL_CLIENT_IP -o
> external-iface0 -j SNAT --to $EXTERNAL_ROUTER_IP
> 
> ...but it seems that --to controls the new source address given to the
> packet (i.e., the router's outside-interface IP), and not the
> destination to which the NATted packet is sent.
> 
> Could someone please point me in the right direction?  Or is this not possible?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Jeremy
> 

You just want do to source routing, look here

http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howto/2.4routing-4.html#ss4.1