On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:48:53AM -0400, Javier Govea wrote: > Hi guys, > > Well I tried to use the "nth" patch in the mangle table in both the FORWARD and PREROUTING > chains and still no success. My browser still cannot surf internet, it just waits and > eventually times out. The rules i tested are below, please correct them if they are wrong. > > Any more suggestions??? any other ideas???? Yes. CONNMARK the conn's and route them accordingly: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j SNAT --to-source <ppp0-ip-addr> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp1 -j SNAT --to-source <ppp1-ip-addr> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp2 -j SNAT --to-source <ppp2-ip-addr> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp3 -j SNAT --to-source <ppp3-ip-addr> iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m nth --every 4 --packet 1 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 1 iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m nth --every 4 --packet 2 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 2 iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m nth --every 4 --packet 3 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 3 iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m nth --every 4 --packet 0 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 4 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m nth --every 4 --packet 1 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 1 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m nth --every 4 --packet 2 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 2 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m nth --every 4 --packet 3 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 3 iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -m nth --every 4 --packet 0 -m state --state new -j CONNMARK --set-mark 4 iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -m connmark --mark 1 -j ROUTE --oif ppp1 iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -m connmark --mark 2 -j ROUTE --oif ppp2 iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -m connmark --mark 3 -j ROUTE --oif ppp3 iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -m connmark --mark 4 -j ROUTE --oif ppp0 Haven't had the chance to test it, though. Ramin