Using a linux box to port-forward

fiod · 2007-10-26 17:47:50

Hey,

I recently set my home router to send all port requests to a arch-based linux desktop, using the DMZ feature.

I now want to somehow manage all port forwarding from that linux box. For example, I want that the ports used by aMule will
be directed to my laptop (which has a fixed IP on the home network).

Is there any way of doing so?
Can anyone give me some pointers?

Thanks
Fiod

daf666 · 2007-10-26 22:58:20

You need to forward packets from the router directly to the laptop, why would you want another gateway in the way of your traffic?

fiod · 2007-10-27 10:34:40

Thanks for the reply.

My router's software is really buggy, and does not work as good as you expect.
It sometimes simply forget the rule to direct the specific port to a different IP.

Thus, I want to direct everything to the desktop computer, and from there direct the packages I want to the laptop.

Thanks again for the reply,
Fiod

pelle.k · 2007-10-27 11:04:44

buy a new router? that would easily outweigh the work needed to do what you want to do.
You could do some iptables magic to port forward naturally. I find firehol very convenient to do this sort of stuff, because i'm not very fluent in iptables really.
Basically, you want to share your connection, but only for a few ports. They have excellent documentation to do this at firehol.sf.net.

Last edited by pelle.k (2007-10-27 11:05:33)

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#1 2007-10-26 17:47:50

Using a linux box to port-forward

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Re: Using a linux box to port-forward

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Re: Using a linux box to port-forward

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Re: Using a linux box to port-forward

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