a) disable SuSEfirewall2 once and for all You can do that in yast ("Se_c_urity and Users").

b) still have routing ( it is gatewaying between eth0 and eth1 and viceversa ) open Enable IP forwarding in /etc/sysconfig/sysctl. Bye Uli -- Ulrich Roth IMPACT Business & Technology Consulting GmbH Im Mediapark 8 / KölnTurm D-50670 Koeln Phone +49-221-93 70 80-29 Fax +49-221-93 70 80-15 E-Mail: roth@impact.de