I'm playing one heckuva phone tag with BellSouth concerning setup of my static IP account and the settings I need for my machine. I'm connecting just fine with DHCP, so it works. I want to run apache and my own webpages from the machine connected to the DSL modem. If anyone would assist, I'd like to confer off list. I need for my machine to appear to the net, not the modem. They have support for Macs, but not linux... go figure. Ric