Time to upgrade... I will do that.
I will have to see about getting newer packages (this is a Debian)
I guess I was bitten by a few bugs.

I really appreciate the help guys.


Shorewall Guy wrote:
> Mark Rutherford wrote:
>   
>> I am seeing something here that may explain my troubles.
>> When you said that it was duplicated and I saw that it was in the 
>> dump... it was not in the file.
>> I was changing it from one to the other but the entries in the file were 
>> never there at the same time with the same priority.
>> I don't know if this is getting cleared  or not.
>>     
>
> Hell -- I should have noticed that you are using Shorewall 3.2. That old
> version works very badly when you are changing your configuration on the
> fly.
>
> >From the Shorewall 3.x Multi-ISP Documentation:
>
> Warning
>
>       If you are running a Shorewall version prior to 3.4.0, entries
>       in /etc/shorewall/providers permanently alter your
>       firewall/gateway's routing; that is, the effect of these changes
>       is not reversed by shorewall stop or shorewall clear. To restore
>       routing to its original state, you may have to restart your
>       network. This can usually be done by /etc/init.d/network restart
>       or /etc/init.d/networking restart. Check your distribution's
>       networking documentation.
>
>   
>> I rebooted the system and left it with the values as suggested and it 
>> seems to be working fine now....
>> Traffic is going out over Twc and port forwarding to the inside is 
>> working over both isps so I am at a loss.
>>     
>
>   
>> Should the system be rebooted whenever working with these rules?
>>     
>
> See above.
>
> You really should consider upgrading to Shorewall 4 and switching to
> Shorewall-perl. See the Shorewall Download page for a source of Debian
> Etch packages.
>
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