Paul, > What script? You've overwritten the existing /etc/rc.d/init.d/network? You > shouldn't need any script on Fedora. Well, I had, but I've put the original back in place. After restarting networking everything still looks the same and behaves almost the same. The only difference now is: [root@turner root]# arp -a ? (192.168.1.10) at <incomplete> on br0 but I still can't ping either way, in or out. > Can you ping localhost? Yes, the bridge machine can ping both localhost and the bridge IP (192.168.1.64) > Can machines on different segments of the bridge see each other? I only have one arm on the bridge - while waiting for some crossover cables to arrive which should be here later today. But the behaviour of the machines on that arm seem perfectly normal. I don't know if this is significant, but it doesn't seem to make any difference which of the three NICs I plug the cable to the rest of the LAN into. How does the bridge know which machines are on which arm and when does it work that out ? Jonathan