Dear All, I have configured Cluster Suite with 2 servers Server 1 : 192.168.13.110 IP Address Server 2 : 192.168.13.179 IP Address Floating : 192.168.13.83 IP Address (Assumed by currently active server) I want all snmp packets going out through the active server to be stamped with floating IP So i have added a iptables rules as "iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp -s 192.168.13.179 --dport 161 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.13.83:161 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp -s 192.168.13.110 --dport 161 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.13.83:161" I have written a script to continuously poll an agent using snmpgetnext. This script works for some time and then snmpgetnext fails giving the following message "Fri Dec 21 19:10:20 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:10:20 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:10:20 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:10:20 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:10:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:10:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:10:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:10:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:10:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:13:20 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:13:20 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 snmpgetnext: Failure in sendto (Operation not permitted) Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" Fri Dec 21 19:13:21 IST 2007 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3769.1.2.3.1.0 = "" " If i remove the above iptables rule it works continuously and if i restarted iptables (with rule) then it works for some time and before the same problem repeats Can some one throw light on this particular problem Regards S.Balaji P.S: Same thing happen when a rule for rsync, ssh and telnet i.e they works some time and some times does not e.g rsync,ssh and telnet iptables SNAT rule "iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -s 192.168.13.179 --dport 873 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.13.83:873 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -s 192.168.13.179 --dport 22 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.13.83:22 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp -s 192.168.13.179 --dport 23 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.13.83:23" rsync Success message is "receiving file list ... done Log/ Log/20070619.dbg.zip Log/20070619.log.zip Log/20070620.dbg.zip Log/20070620.log.zip Log/20070621.dbg.zip Log/20070621.log.zip sent 190 bytes received 211940 bytes 84852.00 bytes/sec total size is 211421 speedup is 1.00" rsync Failure message is "rsync: failed to connect to 192.168.13.100: Connection timed out (110) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(94) " *ssh Failure *Message is "ssh: connect to host 192.168.13.100 port 22: Connection timed out" telnet Failure Message is "telnet: connect to address 192.168.13.100: Connection timed out"