> Servere MTU problems cache->client perhaps? Try disabling PMTU discovery > for the interface/route towards your clients. Wouldn't redirecting localhost/127.0.0.1 to another port on the localhost work regardless of MTU settings though? Because when I redirect, say, port 10000 to port 22 (ssh): iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -s 0/0 --dport 10000 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:22 ...and try ssh'ing to port 10000 via 'ssh -p 10000 127.0.0.1' I get: ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 10000: Connection refused But 'ssh 127.0.0.1' works as expected. Ideas? This is getting way too frustrating...I've been working on this far too long *sigh* Trying it on another installation (different distribution) nets the same results...it has to be something I am doing. Jon -- Jon Newman (jnewman@xxxxxxxxxx) Systems Administrator/Software Engineer The Optimal Link (http://www.oplink.net)