well here we go (bitch wine cry moan.. I gotta write this all out)
ifconfig: Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet blah blah blah (hardware address stuff) inet addr:146.115.107.117 Bcast: 146.115.107.127 Mask: 255.255.255.240 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST and yes the Eathernet device is loaded (showsup in Dmesg) also route: Destination Gateway GenMask Flags Metric Ret Use Iface 127.0.0.0 * 250.0.0.0 4 0 0 0 lo 122 can be pinged and so can 127, so they are possibly what we want. J. Steinbrecher (Time marches on.. I love summer fun) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]