On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 08:30:20AM +1000, George Vieira wrote: > Hate to burst your bubble Hey, don't worry... > but isn't the ROUTE module being used a _little_ too late. No, not really. At least not according to: http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/pomlist/pom-extra.html#ROUTE > I mean, it's suppose to reroute to a new device but your using it in POSTROUTING which means it's to late to reroute it (basically leaving the interface and out to the internet)... > That is the traditional routing, but this module _forces_ the packet to go wherever you want... With that regard it doesn't matter if the routing desision has already been made or not... Ramin > >From memory, the ROUTE module is supposed to be used in PREROUTING on the internal interface so that it doesn't hit the routing table yet and the rule modifies which interface to go out on.. >
