The redirect action is only valid in the dstnat chain. It is used to redirect traffic to a service running on the router itself (e.g., redirecting HTTP to a local proxy server).
A.✘srcnat – Not compatible with redirect
B.✘forward – Redirect doesn’t apply in this chain
C.✔dstnat – This is the correct and only supported chain for action=redirect
Extract from Official MTCNA Course Material – NAT Actions:
“The redirect action is used within the dstnat chain to forward packets to the router’s local services.”
Extract from MikroTik Wiki – NAT Rule Actions:
“Redirect is used in dstnat chain and changes destination address to a local router IP and port.”
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