Phil Mendelsohn <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> 1:
> 
>    ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L (local addr) 80 -R (masq'd addr) 80
> 
>    seems to set up the forward I want.  What I read in the docs 
>    indicates that the return ports should already be covered by
>    the normal masq behavior.  Is this true, or do I need to set up
>    a return path?

It worked for me.

> 3:
>    Has anyone noticed / can anyone explain why on a 486 box, when 
>    ipchains or the routing table are listed, at least the first
>    time, it takes a *really* long time for them to respond with
>    the table?  I mean that ipchains -L gives the headers, but then
>    waits like a _minute_ or two.  If you're patient, it comes, and
>    after that is fast.  What's making it think so hard the first time?

It's doing a reverse DNS lookup on the IP addresses.  Using `ipchains -L
-n' should be a lot faster.

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