natd -redirect_port question

[Matt Emmerton]

> I have natd set up on a 4.10 box to get the rest of my network on the
> internet. I have an application that requires connections to be able to
> be established on a specific port. The problem is, sometimes I run this
> app on system A and sometimes on system B. The port stays the same. So
> in my rc.conf I have included in natd_flags -redirect_port tcp
> systemA:port port ; currently if I want to use the app on system B I'm
> having to reboot the natd box. Obviously this seems silly, however, I've
> found that trying to reset this information using a command line like:
> natd -n dc0 -redirect_port systemB:port port results in an errror
> stating redirect can't bind to that port, because it's already in use.
> I'm convinced I'm overlooking an easy way to change this redirect on the
> fly without having to reboot the natd box. Anyone care to point me the
> right direction? Thanks in advance.

If you already have natd running, then you need to stop it first before
starting it up again.

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Matt Emmerton