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From: "M. Ahmad Ijaz" <ahmad@netlogicbroadband.com>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:32:15 +0500
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do i know where to put that "-t nat"
 iptables -A PREROUTING -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -p tcp -m
tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
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Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: newbie question


> On Thursday 08 April 2004 12:57 pm, M. Ahmad Ijaz wrote:
>
> > when i try to use this command
> >
> > iptables -A PREROUTING -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -p tcp -m tcp
> > --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080
> >
> > where xxx is any IP and yyy is the subnet mask, it returns me the same
> > message i.e. iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> >
> > So it also give the same message with POSTROUTING.
>
> You need a "-t nat" in there, to tell it the rule is going into the nat
table
> of the PREROUTING chain, not the filter table (which is the default, but
does
> not exist in PREROUTING).
>
> Regards,
>
> Antony.
>
> -- 
> People who use Microsoft software should be certified.
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