Sorry, my external interface is eth2 (it's just an error when I wrote the mail). Some pages takes lots of time to appear when I'm using the first line in my script. When I'm using the second one they appear immediately. My DNS server is on my LAN with a private IP address 172.16.2.200. Regards, Frederic > On Monday 02 August 2004 1:07 pm, FrÃdÃric Gonzatti wrote: > > If I replace in my iptables script : > > iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -o eth2 -j SNAT --to my_public_IP > > by > > iptables -t nat POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > > > ...I can access to the internet faster ! > > > > Have you got any idea ? > > Which is your external interface? eth1 or eth2? > > How are you measuring "faster"? > > Where are your DNS servers? > > Regards, > > Antony.