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Old 01-07-2010, 06:58 AM   #1
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nat forward openvpn


I am trying to do a NAT forward in iptables but get the following error:
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[root@server88-xxx-xxx-198 openvpn]# iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -i tun0 -o e
iptables v1.3.5: Can't use -i with POSTROUTING
Any ideas on what to do?
I have an OpenVON server running and I need the client to use the ports on the OpenVPN server
 
Old 01-07-2010, 09:44 AM   #2
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I don't understand why you try to nat the tun0
 
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I don't understand why you try to nat the tun0
I was told to by the openvpn users list
I need all ports from my local computer to be forwarded to OpenVPN and then go out to the net so I can have the Linux box's IP address as a geo specific IP address.

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If i understand right :

You use a mobile (i mean desktop or laptop) computer anywhere in the world, then you connect to your OpenVPN server, and you want the real IP adress (not the vpn one's) of the mobile computer to be geo-localized.
 
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If i understand right :

You use a mobile (i mean desktop or laptop) computer anywhere in the world, then you connect to your OpenVPN server, and you want the real IP adress (not the vpn one's) of the mobile computer to be geo-localized.
I need to be recognised as using the VPN server's IP address.
So, my IP currently is 1.2.3.4, the server is 10.2.3.4
When I connect by VPN but open up a browser on my laptop and go to whatsmyip, it should say 10.2.3.4
I believe that's why the nat routing was needed.
 
Old 01-07-2010, 02:40 PM   #6
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I need to be recognised as using the VPN server's IP address.
So, my IP currently is 1.2.3.4, the server is 10.2.3.4
When I connect by VPN but open up a browser on my laptop and go to whatsmyip, it should say 10.2.3.4
I believe that's why the nat routing was needed.
If I understand you correctly you are trying to route all client traffic through the VPN?

According to this article on openvpn.net you need to add the following to your server config-file:
push "redirect-gateway def1"

If you only want this behaviour for one client you can put it in the client-config-dir file.
 
Old 01-08-2010, 05:06 AM   #7
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I need to be recognised as using the VPN server's IP address.
So, my IP currently is 1.2.3.4, the server is 10.2.3.4
When I connect by VPN but open up a browser on my laptop and go to whatsmyip, it should say 10.2.3.4
I believe that's why the nat routing was needed.
It's not the case right now ???
 
Old 01-08-2010, 05:48 AM   #8
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It's not the case right now ???
Yeah, that postrouting and also setting the server config to push the gateway sorted it.
Thanks
 
Old 01-08-2010, 05:51 AM   #9
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You can use prerouting with -i. But if you are talking about postrouting, you should be using your external interface with -o switch, is not it? Postrouting option will take effect on the packets as they are just about to leave the linux box, so it should be taking care of the packets that are leaving from the external interface and not your internal.
Also you can try using masquerade option with postrouting if you want routing.
 
  


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