hy, i want a iptables rule to match if a designated trafic is above x bps or pps, i try iptm="/usr/local/sbin/iptables -t mangle" $iptm -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -m limit --limit 10000/sec $iptm -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -m limit ! --limit 10000/sec the results are: 62992 16M all -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 10000/sec burst 5 62993 16M all -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 10000/sec burst 5 why the ! argument dont work???? and is accepted C _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/