I've read until my eyes bleed but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere on how to troubleshoot dcc send failures behind a masq'd connection. from what i have read i know i need ip_masq_irc loaded and it is [root@satan Documentation]# lsmod Module Size Used by ip_masq_irc 1664 1 sg 15872 0 (autoclean) (unused) lockd 32208 1 (autoclean) sunrpc 54640 1 (autoclean) [lockd] autofs 9456 2 (autoclean) usb-uhci 19184 0 (unused) usbcore 43632 1 [usb-uhci] ppp 20976 0 (autoclean) (unused) slhc 4544 0 (autoclean) [ppp] via-rhine 8560 2 (autoclean) pci-scan 2624 0 (autoclean) [via-rhine] supermount 14224 3 (autoclean) nls_cp437 3952 7 (autoclean) vfat 9408 3 (autoclean) fat 30432 3 (autoclean) [vfat] But I can't find any thing else. someone point me in the right direction? -- "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, is probably the day Microsoft starts making vacuum cleaners." - Ernst Jan Plugge