hi, My system has no problems accessing (telnet/pinging) systems with 129.146.210.xxx or 129.146.xxx.xxx IP addresses but when the IP looks like 129.xxx (something other than 146) .xxx.xxx, it cannot ping/telnet to it. Doing a ypmatch on 129.xxx.xxx.xxx has no problems. Any clues? Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 129.146.210.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 129.146.210.250 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 thanks, Min Chien _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com