On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:53:35 -0400 "Brad Hittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This one is for all the gurus! > > Here is the problem: > I'm setting up a Proxy server for my company so that it does a destination NAT on > the IP. For those people that don't want to pay for our service, we want to direct > them to a webpage that they can either cancel their service or agree that they will > pay us. The clients use an IP in the range of 192.168.*.* (255 class C's) > > This is how far I've gotten: > I've setup the machine with destination NAT and masquerading, and all of that works > great. Dialup users get routed through the proxy machine and the packets coming in > get their destination changed to go to one of our web servers. Then it comes back > through the proxy to the client. We have tried just a normal DNAT without > masquerading, but the packet goes all the way to the web server but it can't find > its way back from that point. > > The problem we are encountering: > Whenever a client does this, a coldfusion page is supposed to look-up their IP and > retrieve their login information. It displays the username, how much they owe us, > etc. What is happening is that the coldfusion page is recieving the IP for the > Proxy server rather than the IP for the client machine. > > The question: > Is there anyway to retrieve the IP of the client machine so we can retrieve their > information? > > > Thanks in advance for all the help, it is greatly appreciated!! > > Brad Hittle Brad, The setup you're proposing will likely have many problems. People on dialup service get a different IP everytime they connect. Many people share an IP from behind a firewall.. etc. etc. Having said that, if you are only using DNAT then the source address is not changed at all and you should be able to simply use it. Cheers, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
