From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 20 21:14:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA12953 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:14:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out1.ibm.net (out1.ibm.net [165.87.194.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA12948 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net (slip129-37-86-82.ca.us.ibm.net [129.37.86.82]) by out1.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id EAA118172 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 04:14:29 GMT Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970620211417.0089c950@pop1.ibm.net> X-Sender: ludwigp@pop1.ibm.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.2 (32) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:14:17 -0700 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: port to ip:port redirection Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Some background: I've got a headless system with a modem which runs ppp -alias -auto demand to provide an internet connection for my (5-user) LAN. I've got a program which expects to receive data on a certain port. However, because of ppp -alias, the data never gets through to the client. What I'd like to do is make it so a port (for example, 3333) going to the dialup server (172.16.1.5) is redirected to port 3333 on 172.16.1.1. How can I do this on a 2.2.1-R system? Is this what natd used to do? Is this what ipfilter does? Can "ipfw divert port" accomplish this? I've looked at the man page for ipfw and divert, and it looks like those can't do what I need without some extra help. Thanks in advance, --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 04/18/97