Hello, I am once again attempting to get Ekiga working in hopes that it works better than Skype. Unfortunately, it does not work at all. I followed the vague (and somewhat misleading) instructions and am still not able to make phone calls. I am confused about the terminology used in the instructions as they seem to be geared towards people with a bit of experience in the underlying technology of Ekiga. I set up a PC-to-Phone account and Ekiga shows a successful connection to diamondcard. However, when I try to call (001303xxxxxxx), I see the message "Calling" and nothing ever happens. I understand this may have something to do with my router and thus tried to run the "iptable rules" provided in the FAQ and get this error: ./ekigash: 9: cannot create /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_udp_timeout: Directory nonexistent Furthermore, the FAQ states "Here are some rules you can use for GNU/Linux with iptables. It doesn't forward any port. Forwarding a few additional ports might be required for H.323, but not for SIP." What is this suggesting I do? How would I "use" these "rules"? On setup, Ekiga detected Symmetric NAT and went on to explain about concepts I do not currently understand, such as port forwarding. Can anyone explain this in less technical terms? Regards -- Jason Ryer Director GAT - <a href="http://www.gat-bolivia.org">http://www.gat-bolivia.org</a> Casilla 10545, La Paz, Bolivia Cel: (+591) 728 88381 Click below and DONATE TO GAT NOW <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick-subscriptions&business=donate%40gat%2dbolivia%2eorg&item_name=%2410%20monthly%20donation%20to%20GAT&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dSubscriptionsBF&charset=UTF%2d8&a3=10%2e00&p3=1&t3=M&src=1&sra=1"> https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick-subscriptions&business=donate%40gat%2dbolivia%2eorg&item_name=%2410%20monthly%20donation%20to%20GAT&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dSubscriptionsBF&charset=UTF%2d8&a3=10%2e00&p3=1&t3=M&src=1&sra=1 </a> --