hackmiester wrote: > It's got a link on the network card, but I can't ping anything, browse the > web, see SMB shares, or anything. I set up the IPs in the same subnet and > all. I don't know what info to share, so if that's not enough, please > complain. This could be rather lower-level than the other posters have suggested. What sort of network card do you have? Assuming it's a PCI card, how does it show up in lspci (run as root)? If you run /sbin/ifconfig, what results do you get? James. -- E-mail address: james | Telsa ruthlessly depopulates the cuddly toy pile. @westexe.demon.co.uk | There is only room for so many penguins in any one | house. Alan wakes. Telsa throws cuddly toys down the | stairwell. Alan is struck by a blinding flash of | penguin. -- Telsa Gwynne's Diary.