Hello I can ping 127.0.0.1 on new localmachine with Mandrake 7.1 installed from Konsole. I can ping 127.0.0.1 from other networked pc on my network I need to add routes for mailserver/firewall inet address 192.9.100.3 broadcast address 192.9.100.255 netmask address 255.255.255.0 on to the Mandrake machine ? please help Billr