hello, tried all possible options I will now just try iptables removal and see weather it works. can any one suggest me the way to remove iptable from my system till I desire. roni, I have also given a fake ip address to eth1 now and tried again, but same result. jtd tried to solve the problem over phone and still nothing seams to success. I get a number of "....." and then the connection times out. jtd rightly pointed out that my eth1 is not getting hold of the remote server. please refer to my first email on this thread to find the sample log I have posted after trying to connect. Krishnakant.