On November 3, 2003 08:53 pm, MartÃn wrote: > This is the situation: > > > > Internal LAN machine (192.168.2.5) > > > > (eth1 192.168.2.1) NAT LINUX ( eth0 192.168.1.10 > adsl ppp0 IP dinamic) > > > > Server 200.45.45.200 (service at port 10000) > > > > This is what I intend to do: > For particular reasons, I need that a soft at 192.168.2.5 comunicate with a > server with a service at port 10000 (UDP), but this canÂt be done through > normal NAT. So i want to establish a link between both (server and > 192.168.2.5) manually useing the NAT LINUX > So, 192.168.2.5 comunicates to 192.168.2.1 port 10000, the NAT LINUX > redirect this traffic to the server 200.45.45.200 port 10000. The server > will respond to the NAT LINUX who will redirect this traffic to 192.168.2.5 > (port 10000 also) > I try to do all this in this way: > > > iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING 1 -i eth1 -d 192.168.2.1 -p udp --dport 10000 > -j DNAT --to 200.45.45.200 > > iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING 1 -o eth0 -p udp --dport 10000 -j SNAT --to > 192.168.2.5 This line is SNATing the packet on the way out eth0 to 192.168.2.5 ,,,,, This NOT what you want to do ... this packet then will look like it came from and went to the same ip address, The first line takes the packet from the source pc and DNATs it out to the internet ip address 200.45.45.200 ... the UNDOING of this is automatic. However ... what you DO need to do is iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING 1 -o ppp0 -p udp -dport 10000 -j SNAT --to (outiside ip of firewall) since sending the packet out the door to the internet with the source address of 192.168.2.5 will cause the packet to drop dead somewhere. Again .. .the UNDOing of this is automatic. > > > BUT THIS IS NOT WORKING. I GET A MESSAGE FROM THE SOFT AT 192.168.2.5 > TELLING "CONNECTION TIMED OUT"... USEING TCPDUMP i get this as the only > thing comeing back...: > > 200.45.45.200.10000 > 168.226.174.184.10000: udp 8 [tos 0x40] > > > > I would apreciate any help with this trouble > Thanks -- Alistair Tonner nerdnet.ca Senior Systems Analyst - RSS Any sufficiently advanced technology will have the appearance of magic. Lets get magical!