On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:10:43 -0500, "David Ruggles" <david@safedatausa.com> wrote in message <016701c2e28a$239fbab0$1f0016ac@daviddesktop>: > I'm trying to learn netfilter so I've got a very simple setup. > > I've got a Linux box with three interfaces. (I'm not using eth0 > currently) I've got two networks (eth2: 172.22.0.0 & eth1: 10.0.0.0) > I entered the following on the Linux box: > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j SNAT --to 10.9.0.254 (eth1's > IP address) > > I've got a machine on each network: machine A is on 172.22.0.0 and /\/\/\ [arnt@lana z-bru]$ dig -x 172.22.0.0 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> -x 172.22.0.0 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 57296 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;0.0.22.172.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 22.172.in-addr.arpa. 10800 IN SOA prisoner.iana.org. hostmaster.root-servers.org. 2002040800 1800 900 604800 604800 ;; Query time: 556 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 5 01:00:01 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 118 [arnt@lana z-bru]$ dig prisoner.iana.org ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> prisoner.iana.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 18283 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;prisoner.iana.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: prisoner.iana.org. 3600 IN A 192.175.48.1 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: iana.org. 172800 IN NS a.iana-servers.net. iana.org. 172800 IN NS ns.isi.edu. iana.org. 172800 IN NS ns.ripe.net. iana.org. 172800 IN NS ns.apnic.net. iana.org. 172800 IN NS ns.icann.org. iana.org. 172800 IN NS rip.psg.com. iana.org. 172800 IN NS svc00.apnic.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.iana-servers.net. 10847 IN A 192.0.34.43 ns.isi.edu. 10847 IN A 128.9.128.127 ns.icann.org. 10847 IN A 192.0.34.126 ;; Query time: 127 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) ;; WHEN: Wed Mar 5 01:00:47 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 268 [arnt@lana z-bru]$ ..you run a _root_ name server and come here asking us amateur newbies with less than 25 yrs internet experience for netfilter advice????? ;-) > machine B is on 10.0.0.0 > I'm trying to ping from A to B. ..try move your A net to, say, 10.22.0.0, and your A net boxes accordingly. > I can ping all the interfaces on the router but I can't ping B > > I would expect to see the POSTROUTING chain counter increment for each > ping packet, but it doesn't. (It will increment if I ping from the > Linux box to B) > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > David Ruggles > > CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ > Network Engineer, Safe Data, Inc > 910-285-7200 david@safedatausa.com > 010001110110111101100100011011000110111101110110011001010111001101111 > 0010110 111101110101 > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.