[TriLUG] Re: Smoothwall port forwarding

[Ryan Wheaton]

Ok.  i figured it out.  sorry to be so quick with the trigger.

just FYI you have to add the server to /etc/hosts to get it to work  
right.

-r

On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 06:05 America/Denver, Ryan Wheaton wrote:

> ok.  this has been driving me nuts.  i got smoothwall 2.0 voyager all  
> up and happy, in fact, i'm posting from behind it right now.  it's a  
> GREEN + RED setup.
>
>  anyways, i've got a webserver behind it and i have the firewall port  
> forwarding to the server.  i know all the risks of having a server  
> open to the world without a DMZ and blah blah, but hopefully this  
> setup won't be around for long.  i've been trying to test port fwd'ing  
> from inside the GREEN, and I can't hit the server.  I've been ripping  
> my hair out trying to figure it out, because my friends can hit it,  
> it's just me that can't.  then i found this:
>   
> http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/ 
> viewtopic.php?t=1168&highlight=port+forward+green+access+inside
>
>  and it says "You can not test any portforwarding from within your  
> GREEN network."
>
>  and I ask "why?"
>
>  My users need to have access to that webserver, and it would kind of  
> be a PITA to try and get them to use the internal IP instead of the  
> qualified domain name.  i guess i could go throw an entry in their  
> hosts file, but i'd rather it just work the way i want it to and route  
> the traffic.
>
>  anyone know of a way to do this?
>
>
>
>  -ryan -who is up too early changing out firewalls that don't act like  
> he wants and he's cranky.
>