Hello all, I have just built a firewall utilizing IPChains and masquerading and everything works great...everything but FTP that is. Basically my problem is that when I try FTP'ing out to a remote site from a local workstation behind the firewall, transfer rates are just DOG SLOW! When I try FTP'ing to the firewall, transfer rates are DOG SLOW. When I try FTP'ing from the firewall server itsellf, transfer rates are great. The following syntax is what I am using within my firewall script: $IPCHAINS -A output -p tcp -d 0/0 ftp -t 0x01 0x10 echo -n "..." # Set ftp-data for maximum throughput $IPCHAINS -A output -p tcp -d 0/0 ftp-data -t 0x01 0x08 echo -n "." I was curious as to weather or not anyone else has experienced this same type of issue and if so what are some different things I can try to resolve the problems I am having? Any assistance you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Chris McGlasson Senior Systems Engineer Lightspeed Technologies, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (661) 634-0694 Pager: (661) 321-8947 http://www.lightspeedtechnologies.com