On Thursday 2012-06-28 19:49, Stefan Bauer wrote: >A DNAT and SNAT-rule is required on a device to forward packages to >another device because answer packages will not flow through the >first device as it is not in the middle like a router? NAT is all about address rewriting (and the adverse affects that come with it). Forwarding is independent of that and is controlled by `ip route`. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html