You need to bring up the interface: ifcfg plip0 up THEN, give it the address: ifcfp plip0 a.b.c.d pointopoint e.f.g.h I noticed that if you bring it up and pass it the IP address(es) at the same time, you get a random MAC address. PLIP only works for me when its "MAC" address was FC:FC:FC:FC:FC:FC I got about 27 K/sec from a dual celery box to my AMD K6/400 laptop. Pretty system resource intensive, but works >>>> than a null modem (4 K/sec). -- Edward Schernau, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Architect http://www.schernau.com RC5-64#: 243249 e-gold acct #:131897 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.