LARTC - Mar 2002 - What method to use when NATing

There are two ways to NAT with 2.4.x that I am
aware of.  One is to use the ipmasq rule, and the
other is to use the ip utility''s ''ip rule''
command.

What are the differences, and why would I want to
use one way over the other?

kelly

On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:00:20PM -0600, Kelly Scroggins
wrote:
> There are two ways to NAT with 2.4.x that I am
> aware of.  One is to use the ipmasq rule, and the
> other is to use the ip utility''s ''ip rule''
> command.
The iptables way is used more, but is probably a few nanoseconds slower. The
ip rule command is not used a lot but does involve very little code.

I would personally always use the iptables command because the
iptables/netfilter community is so much more helpful.

Regards,

bert

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