Thomas Dukes wrote: >> Do u have ipv4 forwarding on in your /etc/syscttl > > Uhhh, in /etc/sysctl.conf, > > net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 ?? > > change to = 1 ?? I have more or less the same setup as you, and I have net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 in /etc/sysctl like you, but I have no problem accessing my server from my laptop. I am running shorewall, and it would be easy to set this up to have the effect you describe. I have the line loc $FW ACCEPT in /etc/shorewall/policy . The default is loc $FW REJECT info which would have the effect you describe. Nb I don't really understand iptables, but I find shorewall does most of the thinking for me. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland