Dear list, I am facing problem with msn messenger connection. I havent recived this type of problem for atleast year. I want to know wheather iptables can perform msn messenger connection problem. I am facing this problem for 2 days. some time msn messenger connects and works properly and sometime it doesnt connect. yesterday there was msn messenger maintenance ....we got that message in msn itself. but as i told u i m facing this problem for 2 days so i dont know wheather they have done maintenance due to this. is there any option in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/????? or anything or iptables. ?? I know this question is little out of list. but i have mailed to this coz i want to know wheather this type of problem is created by iptables or not? -- Joel N.Solanki Network Administrator Mobile: 91-9426353268 Phone No: 0265-550001/2/3/4/5 Ext: 211/212 Digtial 2 Virtual Internet Service Provider. http://www.packetraptor.com/ http://www.d2visp.com/ Gujarat (India)