On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:39:26PM +0300, Wennie V. Lagmay wrote: > > Thank you Jason, I just want to confirm is it to be writen > > like this alone: > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.169.10.0/24 -j SAME --to > xxx.xxx.85.113-xxx.xxx.85.115 yes--SAME can completely replace your SNAT rule, if you so desire. > or the original SNAT plus SAME like this : > IPTABLES -A POSTROUTING -s 192.169.10.0/255.255.255.0 -j SNAT --to-source > xxx.xxx.85.113-xxx.xxx.85.115 that rule isn't completely correct, as it has no "-t nat" in it. > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.169.10.0/24 -j SAME --to > xxx.xxx.85.113-xxx.xxx.85.115 if you're asking if you should have a SNAT rule followed by a SAME rule that are identical except for the target, then no--the SAME rule will never be matched in that scenario. if you want to combine SAME and SNAT--put the SAME rule first and have it match only on the specific ports used by the application in question that cannot handle src IP changes; and the SNAT rule second to catch the rest of the general traffic. HTH... -j -- "Chris: Where do you think you go when you die? Southern boy: I learned from church that if you're good you go to heaven but if you're bad, you go to a place where the dead believe they're still living and they pray for death but death won't come. Chris: UPN?" --Family Guy