You need to modprobe ip_nat_irc if you are going to run a chat server. Also you need to ensure ident is running and being passed by your firewall rules. oident is reccomended, but I don't know if it is available for Debian? Further, I beleive that only one client is supported behind the firewall if nat is being used. John > > John> but you should be aware that there are a number of issues > John> with IIRC > > Such as? > -- > Brian May <bam@debian.org>