Quoting Raymond Norton (admin at support.lctn.k12.mn.us): > I am using the attached script on my local LAN, on a RedHat 7.1 box. At > first it works great for everything I need, but either time or maybe use > will cause it to stop working, and not allow any Internet traffic through. > The RedHat box looses Internet too. I have stopped the script, restarted > iptables, and then launched the script again, but it whines about not being > able to get an IP address on eth0. If I restart the box, and script, > everything works great for a while. Is eth0 statically assigned or dhcp assigned? Is eth0 your public interface or private interface? -- Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9