Hello? I want to understand the difference b/w following things Q1. What is the difference b/w these 2 command iptables -A FORWARD -s 192.168.0.1 -j DROP iptables -t mangle -A FORWARD -s 192.168.0.1 -j DROP what is the difference b/w FORWARD of filter table? FORWARD of mangle table? Q2. What is the difference b/w POSTROUTING and PREROUTING? Q3. What is the difference b/w SNAT and DNAT? Q4. What is the difference b/w that How i can understand FOR FILTER TABLE? what is my source in FORWARD chain of FILTER table what is my dstination in FORWARD chain of FILTER table what is my source in INPUT chain of FILTER table what is my dstination in INPUT chain of FILTER table what is my source in OUTPUT chain of FILTER table what is my destination in OUTPUT chain of FILTER table FOR NAT TABLE? what is my source in INPUT chain of MANGLE table what is my dstination in INPUT chain of MANGLE table what is my source in FORWARD chain of MANGLE table what is my dstination in FORWARD chain of MANGLE table what is my source in OUTPUT chain of MANGLE table what is my destination in OUTPUT chain of MANGLE table what is my source in PREROUTING chain of MANGLE table what is my destination in PREROUTING chain of MANGLE table what is my source in POSTROUTING chain of MANGLE table what is my destination in POSTROUTING chain of MANGLE table FOR NAT TABLE? what is my source in OUTPUT chain of NAT table what is my destination in OUTPUT chain of NAT table what is my source in PREROUTING chain of NAT table what is my destination in PREROUTING chain of NAT table what is my source in POSTROUTING chain of NAT table what is my destination in POSTROUTING chain of NAT table Regards Khan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com