> Pinging anything from the linux machine gives > "Network unreachable -1" My advice is to check/try the following: ; Check the routing # route 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 (Or something similar) ; Make sure the interface is up and running correctly # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 ... (Or something similar) ; Ping the Windows system WITHOUT using reverse name resolution # ping -n 192.168.0.1 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.1ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.1ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.1ms .. (Or something similar) Don Head [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Linux Mentor, LCA, Network+ [1 314 692-1942] Wave Technologies, Inc. [1 800 826-4640 x1942] [AIM - Don Wave][ICQ - 18804935][Yahoo - Don_Wave]