hello all, i posted this to the lartc forum, and received no response, so i am hopeful that someone here can advise. i have come accross a curious issue: +----------------------+ +---------------+ | eth1 192.168.1.1 |------------| 192.168.1.250 | | eth1:1 192.168.1.101 | | | +----------------------+ +---------------+ iptables --append OUTPUT --table mangle --jump MARK --set-mark 0x2 ip rule add fwmark 0x2 table 2 ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 src 192.168.1.101 table 2 ip route flush cache telnet 192.168.1.250 ; and tcpdump gives src ip address as 192.168.1.1 ip rule add to 192.168.1.250 table 2 ip route flush cache telnet 192.168.1.250 ; and tcpdump gives src ip address as 192.168.1.101 are there issues concerning the marking of OUTPUT packets generated on the local box that i should be aware of? many, many thanks charles