>2) Then add rules to match the packets to realms. >/sbin/ip rule add from 192.168.130.2/32 lookup table main realms host1(the realm name) >/sbin/ip rule add from 192.168.130.3/32 lookup table main realms host2 Oops...sorry, little bit of wrong syntax on ip rule. It should be either table main, or lookup main..both are valid. So it should be: ip rule add from 192.168.130.2/32 lookup main realms host1 ****************** Tom Steele Comm/Systems Engineer Children's Hospital Omaha, NE tsteele@chsomaha.org