hi all again. i have this rules iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -p tcp --dport 1350 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -d 200.20.0.2 --dport 1350 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.79:22 iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -p tcp --dport 1351 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -d 200.20.0.2 --dport 1351 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.143:22 iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -p tcp --dport 81 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -d 200.20.0.2 --dport 4381 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.143:80 and the problem is that this rules work for a while and down.... i have a port dnatting to ICMP and work very well, anybody can say me what happend? firewall 200.20.0.2 Fedora Core2 server 192.168.1.143 freebsd thanks a lot. -- --------------