Vi$ta reported LAN connection "Local Only" [solved]

[David A. Bandel]

2009/12/13 Man-wai Chang <toylet at changmw.com>:
> The problem had nothing to do with Vi$ta. SO, sorry to Vi$ta.
>
> It seemed that something was changed in iptables without my knowing.
>
> $OUTIF is ppp0 the ISP interface
> $OUTIP is the ip address of ppp0
> $INTNET is 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 (intranet)
>
> (A) $IPT -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $OUTIF -s $INTNET -j SNAT --to $OUTIP
>
> (B) $IPT -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s $INTNET -j SNAT --to $OUTIP
>
> Line A has been in use for nearly 7 years. But now, I needed to remove
> the "-o $OUTIF" part for the SNAT to work properly (as in Line B).
>
> So what's changed?

run `ip addr` to see if ppp0 is now ppp1 following a reload or
something.  Stranger things have happened.  If you only have one pppX
connection, you could use: OUTIF=ppp+ and that would cover if the ppp
interface changed.


Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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