Source NAT

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On Saturday 2005-September-03 14:28, ISC Jorge Ceron Galvan wrote:
> > > I currently have a situation that I am hoping iptables can
> > > resolve. The issue is that I need to NAT the source address based
> > > on the destination address. Is that possible with IPTables ?
> >
> > Trivial.
> >
> > > if dst = 1.1.1.1 src = 10.1.1.1
> >
> > iptables -vt nat -A POSTROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -j SNAT -to 10.1.1.1
>
> why -vt?
>
> this rule confused me, I'm a begginer;

All the more reason to RTFM, as previously suggested. Hint: the -v 
option to iptables does the same thing as does the -v option to most 
other command line programs.

> what about
>
> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.1.1.1/24 -j SNAT --to 1.1.1.1

This is not what the OP said was wanted. That is SNAT based on the 
source address, not the destination.

> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s 10.1.1.1/24 -j SNAT --to
> 1.1.1.1

Same thing, with the additional specification of output interface. You 
can, of course, specify more matching options to limit the packets 
selected by the rule. It *is* common to limit SNAT based upon source 
address too.

> > > Can anyone give me any advice on completing that?
> >
> > "man iptables"
> >
> > Order matters. If you have a catchall SNAT rule before the specific
> > destination ones, the catchall is the one used.
> >
> > NAT != routing. If your SNAT'ed IP addresses need to go out
> > different interfaces, this won't work. See the LARTC HOWTO.
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