> > The only information you haven't mentioned that you will need is the addresses > of an accessible Domain Name Server (DNS). You can normally find the > addresses of your ISP's DNS servers from their web pages. > Enter those on the DNS tab of the Network applet. > yes thanks that's been done, I should have included this to complete the picture > > If you have other computers on the LAN with statically assigned IP addresses, > enter their IPs together with an alias on the Hosts tab to allow you to > access them using just the alias. > It's got three fields Address: Hostname: Alias What goes in the Hostname? The xp's workgoup name? or the xp's machine name? or a xp's user name? or a xp's users share? I certainly appreciate the support... thanks -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org