multicast packets are udp packets . But its flowing only from upstream to downstream . So packet state will be always "NEW" . ?? my question is : whether we can see multicast data packets in ESTABLISHED state ?? Thanks, Ratheesh -- 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