On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:31:57PM -0800, Dan B wrote: > If this is a FAQ, may I be shot on site. Well :-) > Here's my setup: > --------------- > Internet > | > | > DSL Router (64.x.x.130 external, and 10.0.0.250 internal) > | > | > Linux Box (10.0.0.251 internal/mapped to external 64.x.x.131 by DSL router > NAT) > | > | > Windows98 (10.0.0.122 internal - NAT'ed to 64.x.x.131 by Linux Box & DSL > router before reaching Internet) Are the DSL Router, the Linux Box and the Windows 98 machines all on a single subnet, of interface? In that case the Linux box may be sending out ICMP Redirects. Linux machines might react instantly to those redirects, Windows only on the second try? Use the great tool tcpdump of ethereal to find out what is exactly being sent over the wire. Regards, bert hubert -- PowerDNS Versatile DNS Services Trilab The Technology People 'SYN! .. SYN|ACK! .. ACK!' - the mating call of the internet