Hi Doug,
You have a syntax problem I think.
The beginning of your iptables command should look like:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING and so on.
Also, don't forget to use a ':' in your port range rather than a '-' like
somebody already said
Jim Wantz
.
On Thu, 11 Apr
2002, Doug Lawlor
wrote:
> Is it possible to specify a port range using iptables? If I present
> iptables with the following line it gives me a statement something like:
>
> iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p udp -d $MYIP --dport 2074 - 2076 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.2:2074 - 2076
>
> "Bad argument `-'
> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. "
>
> If I take out the spaces between the dashes:
>
> iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p udp -d $MYIP --dport 2074-2076 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.2:2074-2076
>
> I get an invalid port specification or something to that effect.
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated.
>
> Doug
>
>
