Iptables NAT with windows servers (netbios ?)
Eucke
euckew at sierraelectronics.com
Tue Jul 5 23:09:37 UTC 2005
redhat at buglecreek.com wrote:
>Here is the setup I would like to use: I am using a Redhat 3 box to
>firewall and nat an internal network with both Windows and Linux
>clients. The windows clients need to be able to login and see their
>drives on a windows server that is located on another network on the
>other side on the Linux box. The natting seems to work find (all
>clients can browse the Internet), however when the windows clients log
>in and then try to access their drives on the server in the other
>network all they see is their local drive. No error is shown during the
>login. Is there a way to get this to work through the Linux box? I
>have seen people mention to nat everything but the netbios traffic ( not
>sure about that). Also, there is the LMHOSTS file, is that a possible
>solution? I'm not very familiar with windows, so this is really
>challenging me. Hopefully, the diagram below will further clarify.
>Also,
>it is desired to keep the Windows server in its present location.
>
>202.x.x.x eth0 eth1 192.168.x.x
>windows server ----- Linux Box (NAT/Firewall) --------win/linux clients
>
>Thank You
>
>
>
You did not mention any use other than that of a router/firewall...
Just a suggestion but why go through the trouble of installing RH3? Why
not a purpose built kernel specifically tailored for router/firewall
duty? I use Smoothwall Express. It has an active community (just as
with RH) and is purpose-built for the task you're looking for. You can
have it running inside of 20 minutes and it's pretty solid. I have a
couple of places where I have manually adjusted mine to suit certain
needs (Multiple external IP addresses and Full Firewall Control) but it
runs very nicely. I can give you more info offlist if you like.
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Eucke
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