* M. Ahmad Ijaz <ahmad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8. Apr 04: > hi, Hello, > modprobe ip_tables > modprobe ip_conntrack > modprobe iptable_nat > modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > modprobe ip_nat_ftp > > iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT > iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -j DROP > > iptables -A PREROUTING -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080 > > where xxx is any IP and yyy is the subnet mask, it returns me the same > message i.e. iptables: No chain/target/match by that name Try # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING ... Rules go into the filter table by default, if not specified otherwise, but filter has not {PRE,POST}ROUTING. > also i dont wana load the modules and the commands each time the > system starts, so when i type the commands i used iptables-save > command to save tat, also is there ne possibility where i can store > the command and execute when system startsup As a script somewhere in /etc/init.d/ and a symlink in /etc/rc.$defaultrunlevel/. HTH, regards, Frank. -- Sigmentation fault