Hello, netfilter. >the script is execuable! chmod +x routeup.sh >#!/bin/bash > > >echo 1 > /Proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding >iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERED > >I even tried iptables scripts to let me ping my maching at certint times = >of=20 >the day. but all fails in cron. -------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash echo 1 > /Proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUEREDE -- With best wishes, netfilter-maillist mailto:vlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx