Subject: Re: ipfilter for LAN<->Net link.
To: None <khym@bga.com>
From: Scott Ellis <scotte@warped.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/03/1997 22:32:19
In "Re: ipfilter for LAN<->Net link.", Dave Huang <khym@bga.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Scott Ellis wrote:
> > Yes, it works fine. Look at the example NAT rule they show, and be
> > sure to use 'ipnat' to do the configuration.
>
> I'm using NAT also, and it does work great for TCP connections, but UDP
> doesn't work quite as well. For example, if machine A sends out a DNS
> query, the NAT machine adds an entry into the translation table thing, so
> when the reply comes back, it goes to the machine that sent the query.
> So, that part's fine. Now, when the NAT machine sends out a DNS query, the
> translation entry is still in the table and the reply goes to A, not the
> one doing NAT.
I just ran named on the ipfilter machine. Solved my problems. ;-)
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