Iptables flushing hangs the network

["Ravi Verma" <ravi verma telecommand com>]

Dear friends:

We are running iptables version 1.2.7a-2 on Linux version 2.4.20-20.9.
We see a problem with the iptables --flush command. After we flush the
filter chain network hangs. We need to go into the server room to
restart the network.

Any ideas?

Regards.

Ravi Verma
(001) 916 7053261