silly question - Can you rename your ppp0 interface to something else? That is what I did for a similar problem. -----Original Message----- From: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org [mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of Doug Yeager Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:00 PM To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Subject: applying a rule I have ppp0 (external interface) I also have ppp1 through ppp200 (vpn connections) How can I apply a rule to all the vpn connections but omit ppp0 Is it some combination of ppp+ and ! ppp0 Or is it two separate rules. And which rule would go first if they are separate? Thx, doug