hi, i have the following forwarding rule $IPT -A FORWARD -i $INT -o $EXT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j QUEUE $IPT -A FORWARD -i $EXT -o $INT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT if i send an ACK with hping from INT to EXT it reaches the target system if i do $IPT -A FORWARD -i $INT -o $EXT -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPTLOG $IPT -A FORWARD -i $EXT -o $INT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED-j ACCEPT i can see the following Nov 19 12:05:20 snolin kernel: ACPT IN=eth0 OUT=ppp0 SRC=1.1.1.1 DST=2.2.2.2 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=12368 PROTO=TCP SPT=2618 DPT=63 WINDOW=512 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0 did i have a false understanding from NEW or whats wrong thx for help jo