> I am running Redhat Linux 9.0 machine for routing as > well as iptables firewall for my network serving > win 98 clients. For security reasons I do not want win > 98 clinets to use pier to pier for transfering > files/data among them. In this case win 98 clients do > not need to talk to server. > Is it possible to Jam pier to pier network ? so that > copying of files from one win 98 client to other can > be restricted. > Thanks for support. a firewall can only filter traffic that passes through it. if your clients are all sitting on a LAN together, there is no way for an upstream firewall to keep them from communicating with each other. -j