On Thursday 07 November 2002 12:58 am, Yogini Parkhi wrote: > Hi All, > > Just curious, if I have a nat rule that snats a certain network. How do I > exempt certain addresses from this nat rule? Do I write ACCEPT rules in the > POSTRUTING chain for those? Yes, that's a sensible way to do it. Suppose you have a rule: iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s 192.168.42.0/24 -j SNAT --to 172.16.11.22 But you don't want this to apply to address 192.168.42.18 (you want that to pass through without being SNATted). Simply insert this rule before the one above: iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -s 192.168.42.18 -j ACCEPT Antony. -- What is this talk of software 'release' ? Our software evolves and matures until it becomes capable of escape, leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.