IP Masquerade is the mature implementation of NAT in Linux. See
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html for more info.
Martin Visser
Technology Consultant - Compaq Services
Compaq Computer Australia
410 Concord Road
Rhodes, Sydney NSW 2138
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DaZZa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2000 14:23
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Status of Linux and NAT
>
>
> Folks.
>
> Does Linux do true NAT yet?
>
> In other words - can you take a Linux box, stick two LAN
> cards in it, and
> have it convert one destination address to another?
>
> What I'm after is something like this.
>
> Network
> |
> |----------Linux Box
> | |
> |
> |-------Translated
>
> I want to tell a machine on NETWORK to telnet or ping or SNMP get an
> address of
>
> 11.254.1.1
>
> and have it come out the other side of the Linux box as
>
> 10.254.1.1
>
> In other words, translate the network component of the
> destination address
> only to a different one - leave the node part alone.
>
> The reason for this is complex - but basically, I want to
> monitor a number
> of disparate networks all using the 10.x.x.x network
> internally. I want to
> monitor this from ONE network management workstation - and
> I've sold 'em
> on using Linux to do the translation without knowing exactly if it's
> capable of it {bashful grin}.
>
> Thanks.
>
> DaZZa
>
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