Dear all, I have searched the archives without luck so lets see if this issue has occurred before. I have 2 machines, 1 connected to the outside world via ADSL using a Netcomm NB1300 ADSL/router purely as a bridge. (NB1300 highly recommended) Connection using PPPoE is made in the usual way and it works fine. (SuSE 8.2/2.4.19) There is a 2nd ethernet card with the IP address 1.2.3.4 The second machine has an ethernet card with the IP address 1.2.3.3 (say) IPTables is alive and kicking so I added the rule IPTABLES -A INPUT -LOG --log-level 1 # test incoming - temporary!! FROM the outside world I ping 1.2.3.3 and will get a response but no log but from the outside world I ping 1.2.3.4 and will get a response AND a log!!! What am I doing wrong. Cheers,Bruce Stephens, Melbourne Australia. PS IPtables version is v1.2.7a