Hello, I've been reading up on networks and comparing what the NAG from TDLP has to say and what my computer settings look like. Um... I did find a few differences (problems?). I will be upgrading to ADSL sometime soon and wanted to be more prepared as my ISP don't know nothing about Linux. One thing which worries me is when I ask the route command to add or del a network or IP address I get this message. SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument or SIOCDELRT: No such process When I ask it for information "route -e" I get back a table which includes an IP address I did not give it, and is not from My ISP. And of course I can't delete it using the "route del 163.254.0.0" command Shelagh