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Date:      Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:08:48 +0100
From:      Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net>
To:        Eric Schultz <eric@schultznet.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Redirecting Traffic with PF
Message-ID:  <43FF75E0.3040409@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <43FF73C8.3050809@schultznet.ca>
References:  <43FF68DF.4050709@gmx.net> <43FF73C8.3050809@schultznet.ca>

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Eric Schultz wrote:

> Frank Staals wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
> Good afternoon...
>
> I'm just stabbing in the dark here since I use neither 5-Stable nor PF.
>
>> I have an FreeBSD server/firewall running 5-Stable with PF. I want to 
>> redirect all udp traffic on port 27902 from the internet to a 
>> computer in my network. I used this rule but I have some problem with 
>> it: sometimes connections on that port are refused and I can't 
>> connect with other players ( it's for a online game ) :
>>
> What do you mean by "sometimes" ???  "sometimes" problems are the 
> worst kind.

Sometimes: about 90% of all attempts to connect

>
>> rdr on $extif inet proto udp from any port 27902 -> 192.168.2.11 port 
>> 27902
>>
>> I think the problem might have something to do with the different 
>> network interfaces since the traffic is comming in on $extif and has 
>> to go to an computer connected to $intif ? And how can I do that ? 
>> Can I change it to:
>>
>> rdr on $extif inet proto udp from any port 27902 -> $intif 
>> 192.168.2.11 port 27902
>>
> How are your two interfaces configured and what does your routing 
> table look like?  If you do a traceroute to 192.168.2.11 from the 
> firewall when you're having trouble connecting what is the result?
>
The Firewall is the default gateway for my localnetwork, so 192.168.2.11 
is directly connected to the server/firewall

-- 
-Frank Staals





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