Hi, why do you need to match in the postrouting / mangle stage? Those parts shouldn't be used for filtering. And that is the message from the module ( only valid for ... ). Regards, Edvin -----Original Message----- From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Bohannan Sent: Mittwoch, 10. Mai 2006 18:13 To: fabrice@xxxxxxxxxxxx; andrews@xxxxxxxxxxx; netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Time matching support Hello, I am try to match by time with iptables 1.3.5 on linux kernel 2.6.15.2. Only problem is I am try to match in the postrouting / mangle stage. Do you know if there is a patch or if you have had any success with this matter? Getting the following errors: machinenemae login: ipt_time loading ipt_time: error, only valid for PRE_ROUTING, LOCAL_IN, FORWARD and OUTPUT) many thanks william