Hello, Do you have multiple external IP addresses ? If so the default my NAT out going connections to the primary external IP. All inbound connections that get DNATed (217.x.x.138 -> 192.168.1.2) would return from 217.x.x.138 because they are part of a already established connection. Michael. On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:20:01 -0000 "Knight, Steve" <Steve.Knight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi list - hope everyone's feeling christmassy! > > This is another of my dumbo questions, I've had a good look through the > archives and googled but haven't turned up much helpful [maybe my search > syntax wasn't good?], so .... > > Why would an address that DNATs quite happily inbound > > 217.x.x.138 -> 192.168.1.2 > > show up as the router address when performing outbound traffic - for example > when delivering mail it is connecting from 137, instead of 138? > > Is there a forward rule I've forgotten? Or do I need to do another DNAT > rule translating 192.168.1.2 -> 217.79.119.138? > > Thanks for any pointers > > Steve > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Information in this email may be privileged, confidential and is > intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may > not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. > If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return > e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, > distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. > > Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail > communication through our internal and external networks. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Michael Gale Network Administrator Utilitran Corporation
