> Does this IP (203.100.100.1) belong to the gw? Yes it does. And that's my gw. -- louie 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 > Does this IP (203.100.100.1) belong to the gw? There are also two diferent type of ftp that work in very different ways. This only accounts for the control connection. Also, you don't have forward rules for the return traffic. > > > > > -- > thanks, > louie miranda > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Raymond Leach ) ) Knowledge Factory ( ( ) ) Tel: +27 11 445 8100 ( ( Fax: +27 11 445 8101 ) ) ( ( http://www.knowledgefactory.co.za/ ) ) http://www.saptg.co.za/ ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o o o o .--. .--. | o_o| |o_o | | \_:| |:_/ | / / \\ // \ \ ( | |) (| | ) /`\_ _/'\ /'\_ _/`\ \___)=(___/ \___)=(___/ -- thanks, louie miranda chikka asia, inc. noc +63-2(7535000-511) Engineering does not require science. Science helps a lot but people built perfectly good brick walls long before they knew why cement works. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Leach" <raymondl@knowledgefactory.co.za> To: "louie miranda" <lmiranda@chikka.com> Cc: "Netfilter Mailing List" <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Re: portfw on iptables 2.4 kernel problem.