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Subject: Re: Port Forwarding
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"Crist J . Clark" wrote:
> 
> [Broken line wraps from sender not repaired.]
> 
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 06:44:16PM -0800, Chip wrote:
> > Justin Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I enable port forwarding using FreeBSD?  I am using NATD and
> > > IPFW for my home network for connection over a cable modem.  I would
> > > like to route packets coming into a particular port on my BSD box to
> > > reroute to an IP Address on my local network.  How do I enable this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Justin
> > >
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> >
> > I do this on my home network, to forward incoming http requests
> > to my
> > web server. I changed the natd.conf to this -
> >
> > use_sockets yes
> > port 8668
> > alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xx           (enter your ipaddr provided by
> > your isp)
> > interface xxx                  (enter your nic with the above ip
> > addr)
> 
> I am not sure why one would specify both the 'alias_address' and
> 'interface' options.
> --
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

Well, to be quite honest with you, I don't either. It's just the
way I 
was instructed by someone on this list some months back to set it
up.
I don't recall who, and it probably doesn't matter. It works this
way, 
whether it's right or not. So, if I don't need to specify both,
which 
one can I get rid of?

-- 
Chip W.	
www.wiegand.org
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