| This target is only valid in the |
| .B nat |
| table, in the |
| .B POSTROUTING |
| chain. It specifies that the source address of the packet should be |
| modified (and all future packets in this connection will also be |
| mangled), and rules should cease being examined. It takes one type |
| of option: |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-to\-source\fP [\fIipaddr\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIipaddr\fP]][\fB:\fP\fIport\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIport\fP]] |
| which can specify a single new source IP address, an inclusive range |
| of IP addresses, and optionally, a port range (which is only valid if |
| the rule also specifies |
| \fB\-p tcp\fP |
| or |
| \fB\-p udp\fP). |
| If no port range is specified, then source ports below 512 will be |
| mapped to other ports below 512: those between 512 and 1023 inclusive |
| will be mapped to ports below 1024, and other ports will be mapped to |
| 1024 or above. Where possible, no port alteration will occur. |
| |
| In Kernels up to 2.6.10, you can add several \-\-to\-source options. For those |
| kernels, if you specify more than one source address, either via an address |
| range or multiple \-\-to\-source options, a simple round-robin (one after another |
| in cycle) takes place between these addresses. |
| Later Kernels (>= 2.6.11-rc1) don't have the ability to NAT to multiple ranges |
| anymore. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-random\fP |
| If option |
| \fB\-\-random\fP |
| is used then port mapping will be randomized (kernel >= 2.6.21). |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-persistent\fP |
| Gives a client the same source-/destination-address for each connection. |
| This supersedes the SAME target. Support for persistent mappings is available |
| from 2.6.29-rc2. |
