The network programs on out FC1 machine is calculating the wrong broadcast address. For a machine with ip: 131.194.131.27 and netmask: 255.255.192.0 the broadcast address should be: 131.194.191.255 However, running ifconfig eth0 I get Bcast:255.255.191.255 This causes problems with commands that do broadcasts. Can anyone comment on this or indicate a cure for this error. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx