Okay then, now wer're getting down to it. How do I assign more than one
external IP address to my e-smith server? Or a block of IP addresses?
Garret
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Litwiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Additional Webserver behind gateway
> I went to my shell in on the e-smith machine and typed:
> EXTIP=216.17.146.139
> INTIP=192.168.1.3
> ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $EXTIP 80 -R $INTIP 80
>
>
> the way I understand it that will not work
> the request for that ip will never be answered by the e-smith because it
hasn't
> be assigned to answer to that address
> this would be like telling your dog to get and deliver the nieghbors mail
to
> your door when he is penned in your yard.
>
> the only way to make something like this work would be to assign more than
one
> external ip to the e-smith so it actually had that address and packets
looking
> for that address would come knocking.
>
>
>
> Garret Acott wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry,
> >
> > There was a fairly indepth discussion the other day about this. I feel
that
> > I am so close to either understanding it or an answer that I have to try
> > again. Please, somebody help me with this.
> >
> > Garret
> >
> > Here is the repost:
> >
> > Dan,
> > Okay then, I must really be missing something. If you could please tell
me
> > where I've gone wrong, or maybe my whole idea of how this should work is
> > wrong. I have an e-smith server on a network and another Linux machine
> > sitting behind it. I have a block of IP addresses the e-smith ip is
> > 216.17.146.X41, it works. I would like to assign the ip of
216.17.146.X39 to
> > my Linux machine on the network running an interior ip of 192.168.1.3,
where
> > the e-smith is 192.168.1.1.
> > I went to my shell in on the e-smith machine and typed:
> > EXTIP=216.17.146.139
> > INTIP=192.168.1.3
> > ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $EXTIP 80 -R $INTIP 80
> > Typing the ip of 216.17.146.139 should take me to the server on my
internal
> > machine shouldn't it?
> > Am I missing something? Am I dense?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Garret Aott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Additional Webserver behind gateway
> >
> > > At 04:57 AM 2/28/2001 -0700, Garret Aott wrote:
> > > >Dan,
> > > > Isn't ipmasqadm already installed on the e-smith server? Also,
which
> > file
> > > >must these changes be made in, and where in the file? Sorry to sound
> > > >ingnorant . . . but I am, in this case anyway.
> > >
> > > You're right about it already being installed in E-smith.
> > >
> > > As far as where to type them, actually, you can type the commands in a
> > root
> > > shell. Once you are sure they work like you want (you can erase your
> > > changes with 'ipmasqadm portfw -f'), then you put the commands into a
> > > script that is run at startup.
> > >
> > > To do this, you might research "Basic Unix administration", or "init",
or
> > > the /etc/rc.d/... structure. But the easiest way is to just add the
> > > commands to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local (which is the last part to
be
> > > exec'ed during startup).
> > >
> > > EXTIP=123.4.5.6
> > > INTIP=10.0.0.65
> > > ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $EXTIP 80 -R $INTIP 80
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > -Dan
> > >
> > >
> > > >Garret Acott
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Dan B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:11 AM
> > > >Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Additional Webserver behind gateway
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > At 03:55 PM 2/28/2001 +1000, David Boccabella wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >I've got a specific requirement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I've a small local network of machines to which I'll be adding an
> > e-smith
> > > > > >gateway/server (downloading ISO for 4.1.1 now)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >One of my local machines is a advanced web surver running Win2000
Adv
> > > >Srv,
> > > > > >VB.Net beta and a couple of other things.
> > > > > >I want the web side of this machine to be accessable to the
public
> > when I
> > > > > >want it to be - not probs I can just disable anonymous login when
I
> > don't
> > > > > >want folks on there. Otherewise it for testing of concepts
> > > > > >
> > > > > >How can I tell the E-Smith machine to pass requests throught to
that
> > > > > >machines, and not do any progessing of the passed or returned
pages
> > (as
> > > > > >distinct from the apache server trying to read the web pages and
> > process
> > > > > >them)
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this is called "port forwarding". Install ipmasqadm*.rpm
on
> > your
> > > > > box and do:
> > > > > EXTIP=123.4.5.6
> > > > > INTIP=10.0.0.65
> > > > > ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $EXTIP 80 -R $INTIP 80
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >I hope folks will inderstand what I'm trying to do..
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Any suggesstions..
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Dave
> >
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