On 7/27/05, Matthew Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> say I want to have multiple ip's on the wan interface so that I can forward
> http/https for one public ip to a private ip behind the firewall and
> smtp/imap on a different public ip to a another private ip behind the
> firewall.  I thought this was what the virtual ip functionality is for.

Yup, that's what it's for.

> I added a virtual ip using the WAN interface (using proxy arp cuz it was the
> default) and used a public ip thats available on the same subnet that the
> firewall's wan ip is on

So far, this sounds right.

> and forwarded port 80 to the private ip of my server's port 80.

Port forwarding?

> ( I've got outbound nat enabled for the time being for
> this private subnet and all the machines, including the server, on the
> private subnet can get to the internet just fine. )

Shouldn't matter.

> I checked the 'auto add
> firewall rule' checkbox and clicked save.  Everything looks cool but when I
> attempt to access that ip on port 80 from a remote internet site I don't get
> anywhere.

Should have worked.  It does take a second or two for rule changes to
apply, but this should have worked like a charm.

> Was this not the procedure I was looking for?  Do I instead have to create
> an 'interface' for each public ip and use the same ethernet device for each?

Nope, what you did sounds right.

--Bill

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