currtime = time(NULL);

	ipaddr_check = packet_info_to_ip(ip);
	if (packet_cache_len > 0) {
		cache_hash = packet_cache_hash(ip) % packet_cache_len;
	}
	buf = get_ip_string(&ip);
	if (cache_hash>0 && cache_hash<packet_cache_len && packet_cache != NULL) {
		if (packet_cache[cache_hash].ipaddr==ipaddr_check 
				&& packet_cache[cache_hash].expires>currtime) {
			retval = packet_cache[cache_hash].action;
			switch (retval) {
				case NF_DROP:
					actionstr="reject";
					statistics.cachereject++;