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> >IPChains does not do port forwarding.
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> Ipchains does the port forwarding, but to the same machine, if you agree
to
> use the concept of redirecting. It does not forward to some other machine.
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Ok, this has been a very interesting thread, and I've followed it closely..
I have a related question, if I may..
I'm running a Frazierwall NAT/router for my home network firewall. I've
gotten the firewall rules fairly well worked out, but have only just run
into the need for port forwarding. I worked my way through the various
HOWTO's and have got it straight in my head, and more to the point, working,
but I came up against a situation I hadn't anticipated.
The firewall (based on the LRP) is running a 2.2.18 kernel, and hence
ipchains... so, I used ipmasqadm to handle the port forwarding. The
downside of this is that the IP address forwarded to must be fixed, and
cannot use DHCP as the rest of the machines on the network do.
My question is this:- Is there any method now available which will permit
port forwarding to a host with a dynamically assigned IP address?
Garryck
