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Date:      Sun, 22 Jun 1997 03:30:56 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: port to ip:port redirection 
Message-ID:  <199706220230.DAA04385@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jun 1997 21:14:17 PDT." <3.0.2.32.19970620211417.0089c950@pop1.ibm.net> 

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> 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.

ppp now does this.  Get the latest copy (http://www.freebsd.org/~brian)
and read the man page.

> Thanks in advance,
> --Ludwig Pummer
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> PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page     ^-- Updated 04/18/97

-- 
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