Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> writes:

Manuel,

>> So, if it isn't possible to do this I'll have to cope, but it would
>> be nice if this was possible. Is it?
> 
> No it won't, unless your web server and client are on 2 different IP
> networks (in which case just add another rdr line for the interface
> where the client lives).

> If both server and client are on the same subnet this won't work because
> in a rdr the source address isn't changed. So the server will send the
> reply directly (as it's on the same subnet) and as it doesn't go though
> the NAT the reply won't have its header properly updated (the client
> will receive a TCP packet from a IP it didn't open a connection with).

Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.

Johan