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 Port-forwarding a range of addresses

Problem:

You want to forward a range of addresses from the router to a specific box on your LAN, such that requests to any of the selected ports is automatically forwarded to the selected box.

Solution:

Login to your Freesco box as root (via telnet). Type:

cd /mnt/router/rc
edit rc_user
Near the end of the file, just below the spot where it says "Starting rc_user...", type the following.
ipautofw -A -r tcp <firstport> <lastport> -h <destination>

Replace <firstport> with the FIRST port in the range, and <lastport> with the LAST port in the range. Replace <destination> with the IP address of the machine you want the ports to be forwarded to.

For example, to forward ports 2500-2600 to a machine on your LAN at 192.168.43.102, you'd enter:

ipautofw -A -r tcp 2500 2600 -h 192.168.43.102

Now, restart rc_user with the following command:
/mnt/router/rc/rc_user restart
The range of ports should now be open, and automatically forwarded to the desired machine.