A 1/8 subnet (32-64). Pinging had suddenly changed from using the correct ip-address for the external interface to use the ip-address for the first alias for this interface (eth1:0). I can't ping outside anymore. The ip-address for eth1:0 was previously a machine on the network, that now has been moved to a reserved ip-address on the LAN. Could this be a ARP-cache-problem? eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:3F:BC:7C inet addr:xxx.xx.xx.49 Bcast:xxx.xx.xx.63 Mask:255.255.255.224 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:88183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:107259 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:436 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:47743572 (45.5 Mb) TX bytes:67780367 (64.6 Mb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe800 # ping www.vg.no -c 1 -I eth1 PING www.vg.no (193.69.165.20) from xxx.xx.xx.34 eth1: 56(84) bytes of data. >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable >From 193.69.71.34 icmp_seq=1 Destination Port Unreachable ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted --- www.vg.no ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% loss, time 96ms iptables logs many lines like this: Feb 26 15:07:59 firewall kernel: mangle OUTPUT:IN= OUT=eth1 SRC=xxx.xx.xx.34 DST=193.69.165.20 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=21021 SEQ=256 Feb 26 15:07:59 firewall kernel: DROP: IN= OUT=eth1 SRC=xxx.xx.xx.34 DST=193.69.165.20 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=21021 SEQ=256 Anyone familiar with this problem? - M