From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 4 23:37:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C6C15866 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:37:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from edirol@anime.ca) Received: from epoch.anime.ca (HSE-TOR-ppp25728.sympatico.ca [209.226.82.225]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA06096 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 02:40:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from magus (magus.anime.ca [192.168.0.3]) by epoch.anime.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA30027 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 02:36:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from edirol@anime.ca) Message-ID: <000701bf2760$7b53dae0$0300a8c0@anime.ca> From: "Edirol" To: References: <199911030746.PAA17696@laurasia.com.au> Subject: Re: ipfw fwd action problems Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 02:36:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried to tinker with natd (since I'm already using it) with the following command: redirect_port tcp 209.226.82.45:5800 5800 but it didn't seem to work so I installed bounce and it works like a charm. - Will ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Kennett To: Joseph Scott Cc: ; ; Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:46 AM Subject: Re: ipfw fwd action problems > > > > > > In summary, using 'ipfw fwd' is really not what you want to be > > > doing. You probably want to be using natd(8). It does what you want. > > > -- > > > > You may also want to try some of the programs out there that basically > > do only port forwarding. I personally haven't tried these, but I know > > of at least two in the ports collection ( I know there are more, but > > can't remember their names at the moment ) : > > > > rinetd > > bounce > > > > I know there are several other programs out there that specialize in > > this also. If you aren't already ready running natd then going this > > route may be easier, on the other hand if you already have natd in this > > loop then you may as well use it to redirect the port. > > One such port is `socket-1.1'. Works like a charm. For a while I was running > a MUSH off one of my boxes. I changed the MUSH over to another box, and added > the following entry into inetd (on the original box): > > mush stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/socket socket beetle.laurasia.com.au mush > > (In /etc/services there was an entry for `mush', defining its TCP port number. > The mush, BeetleMUSH, has since been squashed, and no longer exists. Nor does > beetle, the machine referenced above) > > Requests for the MUSH service were transparently switched over to the new > server. > > Hope this helps! > > Mike Kennett > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message