(Answer) (Category) NetMAXFAQ : (Category) Routing / Fire Wall / Proxy Cache :
How do I setup Traffic Rerouting (port forwarding)?
Applies to:
  NetMAX Version 2.2
  NetMAX 3.0 - 4.0x: Please see the user's manual
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This example makes the following assumptions:

  1. You're running version L22Pv2.2 of NetMAX Fire Wall or Professional.
  2. Your NetMAX Fire Wall has two NICs where the "external" NIC has a Internet routeable static IP address, and the internal NIC has a private IP address of 192.168.0.1 and a host name of netmax.
  3. You want to forward web traffic (port 80) coming into your network via the NetMAX to your web server that has a private IP address of 192.168.0.5 and a host name of www.
  4. You want to forward ftp traffic (ports 20 & 21) coming into your network via the NetMAX to your ftp server that has a private IP address of 192.168.0.10 and a hostname of ftp.

    netmax.mydomain.com = 192.168.0.1
    www.mydomain.com = 192.168.0.5
    ftp.mydomain.com = 192.168.0.10

Here are the steps that you must take. You may already have performed some of these steps, in which case you may skip the steps that you don't need.

  1. From Home|Network|Naming, enter a host name for your external network adapter, select an available domain name for the hostname, and select the external IP address from the select box. From here on, we assume that you entered router as the host name for the external network adapter.

    router.mydomain.com = [External IP address]

  2. Click on the plus symbol (Add item to list).
  3. Click on STORE, to store the changes.
  4. From Home|Network|Machines, click on CREATE.
  5. Type www in the Name field, and 192.168.0.5 in the IP Addresses field.
  6. Click on the plus symbol (Add item to list) to add the IP address.
  7. Click on STORE, to store the changes.
  8. From Home|Network|Machines, click on CREATE.
  9. Type ftp in the Name field, and 192.168.0.10 in the IP Addresses field.
  10. Click on the plus symbol (Add item to list) to add the IP address.
  11. Click on STORE, to store the changes.
  12. Click on COMMIT, and commit the changes.
  13. From Home|Network|Traffic Rerouting, click on CREATE.
  14. Enter:

    Incoming Address and Port: router.mydomain.com 80
    Redirect To: www.mydomain.com 80

  15. Click on the plus symbol (Add item to list) next to the port number.
  16. Click on RETURN.
  17. Click on CREATE.
  18. Enter:

    Incoming Address and Port: router.mydomain.com 21
    Redirect To: ftp.mydomain.com 21

  19. Click on the plus symbol (Add item to list) next to the port number.
  20. Click on RETURN.
  21. Click on STORE, to store the changes.
  22. Click on COMMIT, and commit the changes.

DON'T FORGET TO SET THE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON YOUR FTP AND WEB SERVER TO BE THE INTERNAL IP ADDRESS OF YOUR NETMAX (192.168.0.1).

Then for the clients to access these services, they will actually want to use the NetMAX's public IP address and appropriate port.

Each time you add an incoming and redirection address, you are telling NetMAX to redirect all UDP and TCP traffic for that incoming port.

Notes: Traffic Rerouting is only available from NetMAX L22Pv2.2 Fire Wall and Professional and it only works on traffic coming in through the defined external address and port, so it will only work on traffic coming in through the external interface (more than likely this means that you'll need to test it from another network).

NetMAX Version 3.0 and above also include a traffic rerouting feature, but it is available from the Reroute tab in Home|Network|Routing. Please see your user manual for further instructions.

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