Hello everybody, i have the following configuration: ----------------------------------------------- W2k client -> SuSE Linux 8.2 router with iptables (NAT) -> W2k PPTP Server on linux i use: -------------------- 2.4.20 kernel source patch-o-matic Patch i ran ./run extra and applied: submitted/01_2.4.19 (already applied) submitted/01_2.4.20 (already applied) submitted/63_ip_conntrack_destroy (already applied) base/REJECT-ipv6 (already applied) base/psd (already applied) extra/pptp-conntrack-nat extra/string (already applied) i ran make menuconfig <*> Connection tracking <*> FTP protocol support <*> IRC protocol support <*> GRE protocol support <*> PPTP protocol support iptables 1.2.8 i compiled the kernel (once Connection tracking and once as kernel embedded) i compiled iptables my iptables script lock like: ---------------------------------------- iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i ! eth1 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p 47 -j DNAT --to-destination $VPN_SERVER iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -p 47 -j SNAT --to-source $LAN_IP iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -m state --state NEW -p 47 -d $VPN_SERVER -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 1723 -j DNAT --to-destination $VPN_SERVER iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -p tcp --dport 1723 -j SNAT --to-source $LAN_IP iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -m state --state NEW -p tcp -d $VPN_SERVER --dport 1723 -j ACCEPT eth1 is the external network interface. and now the problem: ------------------------------ I made connections to the VPN Server which is working very well. Now sending data through this connection like FTP, HTTP or Terminalsessions. During the data transfer the linux box is closing the connecting and the LAN is no longer available. If i try this a couple of times the linux box is going down and i have to reboot! have somebody an idea? thank you for your help Herry Wild