On Friday 29 August 2008 17:26, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Where is the correct place to control what traffic is masq'ed out? > This is what I have, but I was told the Forward chain isn't the right > place to do this? > > iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -o $WAN -j MASQUERADE > iptables -A FORWARD -i $WAN -o $LAN -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED > -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $LAN -o $WAN -m state --state > NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j ACCEPT > > So which table is the theoretically correct place to add all the > ports/services I would want masq'ed out for internal clients? Postrouting is the correct one. After everything is routed it is MASQ before leaving the interface. -- Regards Robert Smile... it increases your face value! Linux User #296285 http://counter.li.org