hello, maybe my question sounds stupid to you but i've tried googling around and couldn't find any valuable results. so, situation is here: internet == [:eth0 router eth1:] == ids sensor (192.168.0.0/16) [ eth2:] == clients (10.0.0.0/8) so far it's a router which routes (nat) packets between external network and clients. i added ids sensor to eth1 interface and would like incoming packets on eth0 interface to be duplicated to eth1 so that ids sees them. the question is - how can i do that? i haven't messed with iptables much, and our network administraitor says it's not possible with iptables. i don't believe him, however ;> on openbsd packet filter it would look like this: pass in on $ext_if dup-to $ids_if all i believe it's as simple on iptables. thanks in advance, peter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Radical ringtones, java games, mobile phone logos, backgrounds http://sms.BANDA.LV !