> >> Does anyone know what is happening? I've tried iptables -save or >> whatever. >> Nothing seems to work in getting these ports to be open on reboot. >> > > service iptables save I did that and it doesn't help. Do you think it has to do with the order in which things happen? i.e. smb starting up after iptables? It would seem other people would have that problem, though, wouldn't they? Preston