On 8 May 2010 14:12, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote: > then I do iptables -L again and the rule is not there. Am I missing > something? Try iptables -t nat -L, though you may want to use the -n option too. >From the iptables manpage[1]: "-L, --list [chain] List all rules in the selected chain. If no chain is selected, all chains are listed. As every other iptables command, it applies to the specified table (filter is the default), so NAT rules get listed by iptables -t nat -n -L Please note that it is often used with the -n option, in order to avoid long reverse DNS lookups. It is legal to specify the -Z (zero) option as well, in which case the chain(s) will be atomically listed and zeroed. The exact output is affected by the other arguments given. The exact rules are suppressed until you use iptables -L -v" Ben [1] http://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables