Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:09:42 +0100 From: Florian Nigsch <flo@nigsch.com> To: Alex <akruijff@dds.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS? nat? Message-ID: <20020224200942.A23686@nigsch.com> In-Reply-To: <17211615632.20020224195138@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>; from FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl on Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:51:38PM %2B0100 References: <200202241748.g1OHmR701169@joeandlane.com> <20020224191736.C23097@nigsch.com> <17211615632.20020224195138@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:51:38PM +0100, Alex wrote: > FN> On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 11:48:27AM -0600, Lane Holcombe wrote: > >> I have successfully used nat to transfer incoming requests to the > >> Windows box based upon port number, (e.g. www.mydomain.com:8080), > >> but I can't seem to figure out how to do it based upon hostname (e.g. > >> windows.mydomain.com). > FN> ---end quoted text--- > FN> As far as I know you can only redirect adresses and ports with natd > FN> based on the IP adress. What I am trying to say is that natd will > FN> not know for which hostname the packet is destined which it should > FN> redirect. It only knows of the IP number it runs on. So if you > FN> have multiple hostnames on the same IP I personally think it's not > FN> possible with natd to do redirecting based on hostname. Unlike > FN> with apache where you can have multiple virtual hosts distinguished > FN> by their URL. > > FN> Someone correct me if I am wrong... > > Its able to understand this (out of the man natd): > > redirect_port tcp www1:http,www2:http,www3:http www:http > ---end quoted text--- Thanks for correcting me, Alex! Seems to me that I am not really up to date with natd. I am using it for over 3 years now for my home LAN and I remember also wanting to do something the original mail was aksing for. Back then, I finished with the conclusion that it wasn't possible... honestly, I think it's great that this works, be it it ever worked or not! ;-) bye, flo -- --- Florian Nigsch <flo@nigsch.com> http://flo.nigsch.com/ PGP key: http://flo.nigsch.com/fnigsch.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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