I did this and apparently, it works: 1) I set up proxy arp for the internal and the external NICs: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/$EXT1/proxy_arp echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/$INT1/proxy_arp EXT1=eth0;INT1=eth1 then: ip route add $IP dev $INT1 where IP=81.196.157.254 and from the Internet: ping 81.196.157.254 i get replys. i set on 81.196.157.193 (WinXP) this: IP addres: 81.196.157.254 netmask 255.255.255.192 gw 192.168.101.1 (router's internal ip) __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc