On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, HTB wrote: > When i want to active nat using iptable on eth0:0 (aliasing) "error appear" > # /sbin/iptables -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE -t nat -s 192.168.0.0/24 -o eth0:0 > Warning: wierd character in interface `eth0:0' (No aliases, :, ! or *). > > Are IP ALIASES supported by iptables? Ip Aliases practically don't exist anymore, they are just one other ip address on eth0 marked with a compatibility flag for the old ifconfig. (Use ip/iproute2 and you see what I mean). So don't use MASQUERADE and eth0:0, but instead use SNAT and the second ip of eth0 (aka the one on your eth0:0) c'ya sven -- The Internet treats censorship as a routing problem, and routes around it. (John Gilmore on http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/)
