User`s manual
IA260-261-262 EM-2260 LX User’s Manual  Managing Communications 
The following figure shows the IPTABLES hierarchy. 
Incoming 
Packets 
Mangle Table 
PREROUTING Chain 
NAT Table 
PREROUTING Chain 
Other Host 
Packets 
Mangle Table 
FORWARD Chain 
Filter Table 
FORWARD Chain 
Local Host 
Packets 
Mangle Table 
INPUT Chain 
Filter Table 
INPUT Chain 
Local 
Process 
Mangle Table 
OUTPUT Chain 
NAT Table 
OUTPUT Chain 
Filter Table 
OUTPUT Chain 
Mangle Table 
POSTROUTING Chain 
NAT Table 
POSTROUTING Chain 
Outgoing 
Packets 
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