On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Shawn wrote: | 1) How do I get the second NIC card up for my external IP address? I know Edit /etc/networking/interfaces with $EDITOR :) I think an example interfaces file can be found in /usr/share/doc/netbase. If not, the format is simple: For DHCP: iface eth0 inet dhcp For Static: iface eth0 inet static address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx For Progeny, Woody, and Sid you need to add lines to specify that you want the interface to be automatically configured on boot. So at the top of my file, I have: auto lo eth0 So the loopback deviace and eth0 are automaticaly configured. I don't thing you need this line in Potato however, and you will get an error if you put it in. | 2) For ip-chains and ip-filter, what packages do I need to install? Someone apt-get install ipchains ipmasqadm Netfilter is a 2.4 feature, and 2.4 isn't supported on Potato. Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org "I MIGHT be DANGEROUS!" --The Tick