Kam Leo: >> Replace the hub with a switch. Gordon Gallup: > Sorry, but I should also have said that the ethernet stuff all works > OK when WinXP is run on the box and also when FC4 is run. So, my > conclusion is that the trouble is internal to the box. The advice is still good. Or is what you're using actually a switch and you've just called it a hub? I think you need to describe your network with more details. Check that each machine actually does have unique IDs (it is possible to foul that up, even though systems to strive to avoid it), and that they're suitable IPs for your network. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.