we're trying to establish port forwarding so that a box internal on our lan (192.168.1.2) can serve requests through the debian/potato firewall, from 'out there'.
i had this working at some point -- but now i can't get 'ipmasqadm portfw' working. (i may have missed a step, but /usr/share/doc/ didn't help ring any bells...) "[PUBLIC_IP]" is, of course, the box's actual ip address: # ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L [PUBLIC_IP] 7890 -R 192.168.1.2 80 # ipmasqadm portfw -ln prot localaddr rediraddr lport rport pcnt pref TCP [PUBLIC_IP] 192.168.1.2 7890 80 10 10 well, it LOOKS like it's up, but-- # nmap [PUBLIC_IP] -p 7890 Starting nmap V. 2.12 by Fyodor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], www.insecure.org/nmap/) No ports open for host server ([public_ip]) Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0 seconds which is bolstered by the fact that if i try to connect to public port :7890 from outside i get deafening silence (unable to connect to host). is there another step i've forgotten? i'm on potato 2.2.17 and this was working earlier... -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #30 from Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Are you seeing GIBBERISH after viewing a binary file on your console (or in an xterm/rxvt window)? Add this to your ~/.inputrc file: "\033[[A": "reset\C-M" Now when you need a quick tty reset, just press F1 at the command prompt. Try "info rluserman" for more options. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...