I have an HTTP server running on 127.0.0.1:8000. How can I use iptables or something to route external traffic to it? I want to be able to access my.ip.addr:8000 from my browser. iptables -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8000 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8000 does not help EDIT: To test whether or not this works I am using the following node.js script: // Load the http module to create an http server. var http = require('http'); // Configure our HTTP server to respond with Hello World to all requests. var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) { response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"}); response.end("Hello World\n"); }); // Listen on port 8000, IP defaults to 127.0.0.1 server.listen(8000, "127.0.0.1"); // Put a friendly message on the terminal console.log("Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/");