I am trying to add a rule to forward traffic. i.e. -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT I get this error message when trying to load the rule ERROR: Command "/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT" Failed I also cant use webmin to configure firewall rules for forwarding related and established connections. I can block traffic fine but when it comes to adding any forwarding rules all I cant add the related and established rule. The machine is a new install of debian 3.0, iptables 1.3.1. I have a redhat 8 machine that these rules work great on. Any help would be great. Dan Jones Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire, NM 87710 505-377-4340 Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx