That did it. Thanks, Gene Poole gene.poole@xxxxxxx Hadders wrote: > On the windows box bring up a command prompt (start > run > cmd) type > ipconfig /all > This will list the IP configuration of the Windows machine, one of such > will be the IP address of the DNS server(s) > > On your Linux box either do the following by hand through a terminal, su > -, to become root, use emacs or vi > /etc/sysconfig/networking/device/ifcfg-eth0 > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=none > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > HWADDR=00:16:E6:46:F6:D1 > IPADDR=192.168.1.13 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > ONBOOT=yes > USERCTL=no > IPV6INIT=no > PEERDNS=yes > GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > TYPE=Ethernet > > Then, edit > /etc/resolv.conf and enter the DNS address(es) nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > /etc/hosts and enter any name short cuts you want xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx alias > > OR > System > Administration > Network. Edit the device, SAVE and restart it.