Hi to all, i'm a problem with an iptables firewall working on OpenSuse 10.3 - Kernel 2.6.22. I have created the firewall using FirewallBuilder 2.0.13. The problem is this. On my firewall i have these two rules echo "Rule 9 (global)" # # # $IPTABLES -N RULE_9 $IPTABLES -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source 00:1B:38:B1:9A:57 -m state --state NEW -j RULE_9 $IPTABLES -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source 00:0E:A6:C1:4E:18 -m state --state NEW -j RULE_9 $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m mac --mac-source 00:1B:38:B1:9A:57 -m state --state NEW -j RULE_9 $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m mac --mac-source 00:0E:A6:C1:4E:18 -m state --state NEW -j RULE_9 $IPTABLES -A RULE_9 -j LOG --log-level info --log-prefix "RULE 9 -- ACCEPT " $IPTABLES -A RULE_9 -j ACCEPT ...that allow to go everywhere for the hosts with mac-address 00:1B:38:B1:9A:57 and 00:0E:A6:C1:4E:18.... and this rule (the last rule on the firewall) # Rule 39 (global) # echo "Rule 39 (global)" # # # $IPTABLES -N RULE_39 $IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -j RULE_39 $IPTABLES -A INPUT -j RULE_39 $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -j RULE_39 $IPTABLES -A RULE_39 -j LOG --log-level info --log-prefix "RULE 39 -- DENY " $IPTABLES -A RULE_39 -j DROP # that block all packet don't match the rule before. When i try to navigate with these two host i experience very sloow speed and when i have investigated the log file of firewall i have discovered that some time the packets destinated to any web server (http://.... port 80) match the rule 9 (CORRECTLY).... and some time match rule 39 ( :(((( ) All the other hosts /networks defined in the firewall with ip-address instead mac-address works fine with internet. Some ideas :))) Thank's to all. Marco -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html