"I have no idea what the error means or how to solve the problem. Any help would be appreciated." I think it means your trying to insert the rule way way way after the end rule that exists... ie. you have 10 rules and your trying to `iptables -I INSERT 1000` Thanks, ____________________________________________ George Vieira Systems Manager georgev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Citadel Computer Systems Pty Ltd http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:markryan@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:00 AM To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: error message