Hi all, I'm juste a newbie in iptables ;) My problem is, i have a linux box routing my DSL connection, i set these rules: iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-prefix "Firewall: " == Great, i have acces to thet NET ! == I have also a machine (192.168.0.50) in my local network running an FTP client this one runing an identd daemon (port 113) to access to an FTP server on the internet, i have added this rule iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 113 -i ppp0 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.50:113 But my FTP client tels me: [11:51:58] PORT 192,168,0,50,13,161 [11:51:58] 200 PORT command successful. [11:51:58] LIST [11:52:02] 425 Can't build data connection: No route to host. Any help would be appreciate ;) Frederic