hi, we got a machine to which we telnet only telnet is allow on that machine (C) no ssh thingy, the problem is that we telnet the machine from two different linux boxes "servers" here is the traceroute for ... Linux Box :A tracetroute output for the machine C traceroute to xxx.xxx.xx.x (xxx.xxx.xx.x), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 abc.foo.net (xxx.xxx.xx.x) 4.440 ms 3.931 ms 4.406 ms <---direct to machine C Linux Box: B tracetroute output for the machine C traceroute to xxx.xxx.xx.x (xxx.xxx.xx.x), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 xxx.xxx.xx.1 (xxx.xxx.xx.1) 5.056 ms 1.088 ms 1.109 ms <-----gateway 2 xxx.xxx.xx.x (xxx.xxx.xx.x) 5.198 ms 5.887 ms 14.429 ms <-----machine C my question is that how to makes Linux Box (B) direct to machine C i-e like that Linux Box A. regards