> You will have to allow port 20 aswell...FTP uses both port 20 and 21 Hm, ic. But even when i do netstat -ln i dont see any open sockets on port 21. -- thanks, louie miranda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulo Andre" <pandre@darkstar.nom.za> To: "louie miranda" <lmiranda@chikka.com> Cc: "netfilter" <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: portfw on iptables 2.4 kernel problem. > On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 10:56, louie miranda wrote: > > I have an internel ftp server w/c i want to access over my linux router(gw) > > Its internel IP is 10.0.0.11 and port 21. My externel IP lets say > > 203.100.100.1. > > I followed the docs w/c i found at linuxdoc > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/forwarders.html > > I type in this iptables rule set, > > > > iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -p tcp --dport 21 -m state --state > > NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d $EXTIP --dport 21 -j DNAT --to > > 10.0.0.11:21 > > > > I enabled ip forwarding thru the kernel by typing this command, (this is the > > first thing i type then the iptables rule set) > > > > echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > > > svr:/# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > 1 > > svr:/# > > > > And still it does not work.. > > > > Trying 203.100.100.1... > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > > > > You will have to allow port 20 aswell...FTP uses both port 20 and 21 > > > > > > > > > -- > > thanks, > > louie miranda > > > > > > > > >