Thanks a lot Jorg, It was rather simple. I will try shortly and see my client-side works. While reading there were a few more details : modprobe iptable_nat modprobe ip_nat_ftp In what situation would you enable those two. Varun ----- Original Message ----- From: Jörg Harmuth <harmuth@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:26 pm Subject: Re: ftp issue cont. > varun_saa@xxxxxxxx schrieb: > > >Thanks Jorg, > > I get the following for lsmod : > > > >[root@squidserver ~]# lsmod | grep conntrack > >ip_conntrack 41497 3 > ipt_state,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat > > > >So how do I add : > > > > ip_conntrack_ftp > > ipt_conntrack > > > >And yes it is : > > -A FORWARD -j DROP > > > > > > > modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > > If you get an error message, you probably have to reconfigure the > kernel. May I suggest reading some basic Linux tutorial ? You can find > tuts e.g. on http://debian.org and most likely on the home page of > yourdistribution. > > Have a nice time and happy reading, > > Joerg > > > >