Thank you Jasbir! I forgot about NEW option. I will try later today and see if it makes success. I appreciate your help. Mike On 10/20/06, Jasbir Khehra <jasbir.k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mike wrote: > I'm having difficulty with clients connecting to a game I'm hosting > over the internet. > So I'm wondering if my PREROUTING rule is conflicting with my FORWARD > rule. > > > Then I should not have to worry about these FORWARD rules interfering > with the prerouted data getting to the server at 192.168.170.6 --- > > $IPTABLES -t filter -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -o eth1 -m state --state > ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > $IPTABLES -t filter -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -o eth2 -m state --state > ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > Am I right or wrong? > If wrong, is the only way then to change the FORWARD rule to -j ACCEPT > and leave out the ESTABLISHED,RELATED requirement? You just missing out on the rule to accept NEW state connections on your game ports $IPTABLES -t filter -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m multiport --dports 34297,34397,34447 -j ACCEPT Same rule for udp connections. > > Thanks for your time and assistance. > > Mike HTH, Jasbir
