Stuart Grimshaw wrote: > > I've set up a small firewall for our office, giving the firewall the same > IP as the old mail server (which now has a private IP) > > I've set up port forwarding and external hosts get forwarded with no > problems at all, however when a machine with one of the private IP's tries > to access the external IP it doesn't get forwarded. > > Either the firewall howto or the masquerading howto suggests using redir2 > to get around this problem, well I've tried that without success. > > I'm sure others must have a similar scenario, what methods did you employ > to overcome it?
IIRC, internal LAN should be masqueraded for this to work flawlessly... Port forwarding is used for external to internal access only. My 2 eurocents... -- Christophe "CHiPs" PETIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://chips.free.fr/ Linux-Nantes: Partagez Votre Savoir http://www.linux-nantes.fr.eu.org/ http://www.debian.org/ Debian: When Code Matters More Than Commercials. [In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.]
