Well.. first easiest (probably insecure) attempt: iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 143.233.222.77 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.2.4.2 echo 1 > /proc/blah/blah That should stablish comunication between internet and the 10.2.4.2 box (started from the internet). On 9/27/05, Alaios <alaios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Let me reexplain the problem plz > >From src 143.233.222.253 starts some traffic that goes > to the 143.233.222.77 this is the eth1 of the laptop > The laptop has also one more interface the 10.2.4.1 > that is connected back to back (cross cable) with the > interface of an other pc with ip address 10.2.4.2 > IO want the traffic that reaches 143.233.222.77 reach > the 10.2.4.2 > This is the first step.. when i succesfully implement > this then the next step is to forward this traffic > from the pc to a second pc... ( i ll use the same > methodology if step one works) > So now we can only focus to the first step > Plz take in mind that i dont have any firewall enables > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is set to 1. I have no > other iptables rules applied... I will only apply what > u ll write to do.. > Before applying any iptables rules firstly i do > iptables -F > iptables -F -t nat > (if more flush commands are necessary plz say it so) > So i need your help to implement this simple task > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >