Re: A way of setting up a computer for routing *just* port 113?
It sounds like you just need to install one of the fake identd packages,
like nullidentd, and make your router forward port 113 requests to that.
nullidentd will always answer "foobar" to any request. I run it on my
router (a Debian machine) to fool silly IRC servers which require an
ident service before you can connect.
There isn't any way to "share" the port like you suggest. Perhaps if you
explain why you need ident to work (it is almost never needed at all),
someone can help more.
Regards,
Jeff
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 04:06:24AM +0100, Joseph Jones wrote:
> My router, which is not a computer, but rather an unbranded little
> plastic box, will only allow ports to be "forwarded" to one IP on the
> LAN's Class C subnet. This causes a problem when trying to use ident,
> which uses port 113, as it means that only one computer in the house may
> use ident without resetting the router.
>
> Would it be possible to setup, say, my desktop machine, or any other
> Debian machine, to be a router for *just* port 113? So I could forward
> port 113 on the WAN to that machine, and then that machine could
> automatically share port 113 with any machine on the home LAN? This
> would include the Windows boxes that form the unfortunate majority on
> the LAN. If so, what would be the requirements?
>
> Please understand I'm no expert with networking *or* Debian, but I know
> enough to setup small LANs and am generally capable of following
> instructions :)
>
> Many thanks in advance :D
>
> Joe
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