On Friday 02 January 2004 4:22 pm, Michael Gale wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:00:16 +0530
>
> Amit Pasari <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am using Redhat 8.0 with iptables to provide my client internet
> > services . Everything is going well .
> > i have been giving private ips of 172.16.0.0 series to my clients .
> > But now some of my clients need public ips . i do have many public ips
> > with me .so can somebody tell how can i give public ips to my clients .
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Amit
> > Orangeinfoways.com
>
> I have never understood this configuration ... why would clients on a
> internal LAN need public IP addresses ?
Stupid protocols which bury OSI layer 3/4 information inside layer 7
datagrams.
Examples: H.323, FTP, PPTP.
Without a NAT helper which understands what to change inside the packets, so
that it matches the headers, you can't use these protocols across NATted
connections.
Antony.
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