From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 26 01:49:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9072F16A41A for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:49:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C7313C480 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:49:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8Q1mi9X091848 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:48:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:48:34 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709250946.58855.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <200709260022.12432.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200709260022.12432.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709252048.34245.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: pf redirect question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:49:12 -0000 On Tuesday 25 September 2007 17:22:12 Mel wrote: > On Tuesday 25 September 2007 16:46:58 Jonathan Horne wrote: > > i have a server at my office i need to decomission, only problem, there > > are a handful of client that are still talking to it. > > > > i was wondering if it feasable to down the server, take its IP and stick > > it on our FreeBSD server, and then use pf with rdr statements to redirect > > any traffic from stragglers to the service on the other new server? > > > > i was trying to to proof it with a line like this in my pf.conf on my > > laptop: > > > > rdr on $ext_if proto tcp from any to $ext_if port 80 -> 10.22.192.131 > > port 8080 > > > > just to see if i could get an http request to my laptop to redirect over > > to the 8080 on the other ip, but so far nothing. > > > > a) is what im trying to do... tcpifically possible? > > Yes, but a network layout would help. Also, why not put the old IP on the > new machine? because the new machine is on a different subnet, across a vpn link. what other info would you need, that you might be able to help me with an example? thanks, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com