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PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:04 pm    Post subject: iptables and nat to a different machine Reply with quote

Hi,

I am trying to setup a port forwarding from one alias IP on one machine to another alias IP on a different machine:

Code:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -d <source IP> --dport <port> -j SNAT –-to-destination <target IP>


However it always fails with:

Code:
Bad argument `–-to-destination'


What I also tried:

- Using --to instead of --to-destination, same result as above, just with "--to" as a bad argument.
- Replaced SNAT with DNAT.
- Append the target port to the <target IP> with :<port>

Maybe I am using an old-style-method not working in newer kernels/iptables versions, however instructions like that are posted all over the web.

Any idea?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to man iptables-extensions, SNAT uses --to-source, not --to-destination.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should use DNAT jump. I think.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

thanks for your anwers, however I already tried -j DNAT (see above), didn't work either.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

you have to use DNAT here, to --to-destination, and since you're changing destination, this rule has to be in PREROUTING
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

same result with

Code:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -d <source IP> --dport <port> -j DNAT –-to-destination <target IP>
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

then, check you kernel conf I think
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any idea what to look for exactly? Cause I think I've got all the options enabled:

Code:

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_DIAG is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
# CONFIG_UNIX_DIAG is not set
# CONFIG_XFRM_USER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_KEY is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
# CONFIG_IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS is not set
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE is not set
CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y
# CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_DEMUX is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_INET_AH is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ESP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_TUNNEL is not set
# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET is not set
CONFIG_INET_LRO=y
CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y
CONFIG_INET_TCP_DIAG=y
CONFIG_INET_UDP_DIAG=y
# CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
CONFIG_DEFAULT_TCP_CONG="cubic"
# CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_NETLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_NETWORK_SECMARK is not set
# CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED=y

#
# Core Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMESTAMP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_FTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_H323 is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IRC is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_NETBIOS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SNMP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SANE is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SIP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT is not set
CONFIG_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_FTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_H323 is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IRC is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_NETBIOS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SNMP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SANE is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SIP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT is not set
CONFIG_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_AMANDA is not set
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_FTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_IRC is not set
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_SIP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_TFTP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_TPROXY is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XTABLES=y

#
# Xtables combined modules
#
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MARK=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK=y

#
# Xtables targets
#
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CLASSIFY is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNMARK=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_DSCP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HMARK is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_IDLETIMER is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_LOG is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MARK=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NETMAP is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFLOG=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_RATEEST is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_REDIRECT=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TEE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TCPMSS is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TCPOPTSTRIP is not set

#
# Xtables matches
#
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ADDRTYPE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CLUSTER is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CPU is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DCCP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DEVGROUP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DSCP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ESP is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HASHLIMIT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HELPER is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPRANGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LENGTH is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LIMIT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MAC is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MULTIPORT=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_NFACCT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OSF is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PKTTYPE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RATEEST is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_REALM is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RECENT is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SCTP is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATE=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATISTIC is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STRING is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TCPMSS is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TIME is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_U32 is not set
# CONFIG_IP_SET is not set
# CONFIG_IP_VS is not set

#
# IP: Netfilter Configuration
#
CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV4=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RPFILTER=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG is not set
CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=y
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_PPTP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_H323 is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLUSTERIP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TTL is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_RAW is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_SECURITY is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_DCCP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_RDS is not set
# CONFIG_TIPC is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_L2TP is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_NET_DSA=y
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_LLC2 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_PHONET is not set
# CONFIG_IEEE802154 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
# CONFIG_DCB is not set
CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER=y
# CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV is not set
# CONFIG_OPENVSWITCH is not set
CONFIG_RPS=y
CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL=y
CONFIG_XPS=y
# CONFIG_NETPRIO_CGROUP is not set
CONFIG_BQL=y
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

be sure to check the config of your running kernel.

Here is part of my config, may be this can help:
Code:
$ zgrep _NF_ /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMESTAMP is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP is not set
CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_GRE=m
CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP=y
# CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE is not set
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA is not set
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_FTP=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_H323=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IRC=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_BROADCAST=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_NETBIOS_NS=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SNMP=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SANE=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SIP=m
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP=y
CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK=y
# CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT is not set
CONFIG_NF_NAT=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_SCTP=m
# CONFIG_NF_NAT_AMANDA is not set
CONFIG_NF_NAT_FTP=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_IRC=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_SIP=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_TFTP=m
CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV4=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_AH=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_ECN is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RPFILTER=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TTL is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG=y
CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_NETMAP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_GRE=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_PPTP=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_H323=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_CLUSTERIP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_TTL is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_RAW=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_SECURITY=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE=m
CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV6=y
CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV6=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_AH=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_EUI64=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_FRAG=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_OPTS=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_HL=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_IPV6HEADER=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_MH=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_RPFILTER=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_RT=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_HL=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_MANGLE=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_RAW=y
CONFIG_IP6_NF_SECURITY=m
CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV6=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=m
CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_NPT=m
CONFIG_BRIDGE_NF_EBTABLES=m

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