On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Rodolfo Alcázar wrote: > > Errr, this is a classic case for a split DNS setup, you need to setup > > DNS to point to it's DMZ interface on/within the firewall, or just add > > it in the hosts file, don't try to connect to the external interface > > and use the NAT, it don't work that way. I could be wrong. > > > > Yang > > Thanks, Yang. I didn´t heard about split DNS setup. I will try it. Best > regards. In the meantime, you can use something like this (I used this until split DNS came into play on my network): $IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -i internal-interface -d your.external.ip.address -j DNAT --to your.internal.destination.IP $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o internal-interface -d -s your.internal.netowrk/netmask -j SNAT --to firewall's.internal.ip.address -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe