Is there any special configuration to do this, perhaps any kernel values? That's because without set up the ip on the interface that rule doesn't work Thanks Felipe Antony Stone <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > On Monday 01 March 2004 11:56 pm, Felipe wrote: > > > It's necessary to set up phisically the public address used in SNAT > rule ? > > For this rule: > > > > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 172.21.0.0/16 -j SNAT --to > 200.110.2.181 > > > > For that rule, its necessay set up phisically the IP 200.110.2.181 > over the > > interface ? > > No, it is not necessary to set up that address on that interface in > order to > use that rule and send out packets with that source address. > > However, if you send out packets with that source address, and you want > to > receive the replies, the address must exist on whatever machine the > address > will get routed to. > > If you are only doing UDP transmits, and never expect a reply, it might > work. > > Regards, > > Antony. > > -- > "The joy of X!!?? I've always hated compiling graphical shite. You > have a 10 > line program, and it ends up depending on the entire known universe." > > - Philip Hands > > Please reply to the > list; > please don't > CC me. > > >