Hi, I have an openvpn interface tun1 which provides me a fixed IP from the outside. I'm planning to forward certain ports and protocols to certain VMs in the local LAN. setup: =====test machine outside my LAN: x.x.x.18 router in my LAN: 192.168.2.1 Shorewall machine in my LAN: tun1 x.x.x.245 eth0 192.168.0.1 eth1 192.168.2.151 with gw 192.168.2.1 VM in my LAN: eth0 192.168.0.11 with gw 192.168.0.1 rules file on the shorewall machine: DNAT net loc:192.168.0.11 icmp - - x.x.x.245 I intend to make working: ping from outside to x.x.x.245 and the ping gets forwarded to loc:192.168.0.11. Then 192.168.0.11 should send the icmp reply back to the outside machine. What IS working: ===============ping from outside to x.x.x.245, icmp gets forwaded to 192.168.0.11 and 192.168.0.11 DOES reply. ... as shown by tcpdump: x.x.x.18 > 192.168.0.11: ICMP echo request, id 53086, seq 657, length 64 02:14:58.029859 00:xx:xx:xx:b1:f9 > 00:xx:xx:xx:8d:f4, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 46258, offset 0, flags [none], proto ICMP (1), length 84) 192.168.0.11 > x.x.x.18: ICMP echo reply, id 53086, seq 657, length 64 02:14:59.029082 00:xx:xx:xx:8d:f4 > 00:xx:xx:xx:b1:f9, ethertype IPv4 (0x0800), length 98: (tos 0x0, ttl 55, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto ICMP (1), length 84) i.e. the ICMP echo reply arrives back on the interface eth0. What is NOT working: ===================The ICMP echo reply won't get forwarded to x.x.x.18 over tun1. What do I have to do in order to make that working? I'm having the same problem with a port forward: nc -l 6999 ....... on one side echo "hello" | nc x.x.x.245 6999 ........ on the other side with a rules file entry DNAT net loc:192.168.0.11:6999 tcp 6999 - x.x.x.245 Same question here. I see the reply on the interface eth0, but I see no forward of the reply to tun1. Thanks in advance Regards Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform