Trying to learn something but not sure what to Google...

Edward Ned Harvey blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org
Sun Sep 12 23:36:30 EDT 2010


> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On
> Behalf Of Jarod Wilson
> 
> > You can't forward a single inbound IPaddress/port to two separate
> (and
> > different) internal websites.
> 
> Yes, actually, you can (been there, done that). However, it requires a
> web server running on the gateway system, proxying them.

I think that's what I said.  You can't NAT to two separate and different
internal IP's & ports, but you can NAT to a single one, which then knows how
to forward/redirect/proxy whatever page was requested.  But the fact
remains, this is still being handled by a single internal IP address and
port, which is then choosing some other server(s) to use in reality.

The handoff could either be a proxy (the machine that was the NAT
destination is relaying traffic) or it could be a direct handoff, such as a
redirect to a different IP address or port, or URL.






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