Hi Olly, Including the rest of your firewall ruleset in your next post would be a great start. (not everyone on the list has ESP) Some more detail on your environment would help too..
regards, charlie -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Schaper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:42:44 +0200 Subject: Dynamic port opening and forwarding? > Hi all! > > I want to open and forward a port on my gateway kinda dynamically. > I.e. I want to open port 3898/TCP and forward it to 192.168.1.48. > > As far as I got the manuals right this can be done using iptables. > So I wrote a small batch file which is using 3 parameters, the IP > adress and > the port. This batch is to be called when I need it, so after the > connection of my gateway is already established. > > Calling "./portfwd 192.168.1.48 3898 TCP" should do the trick. > > Here's my batch... > > iptables -A xtaccess -p $3 --dport $2 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A portfwf -p $3 -m state --state NEW -d $1 --dport $2 -j > ACCEPT > > But it doesn't seem to work, although there are no error messages at > all. :/ > > The rules are visible, when i use "iptables --list". > > > Any hints someone? Would be great. > > Olly. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
