Ive got three Comp.that I want to network. Ive got a Dlink Dss 5+ port switch that 2 are connected to. 2 are esentially the same ECs K7 S5A Mboards AND a epox based machine. The epox M. i want to use as a gateway. It has suse 8.1 Pro right now and the" simple server" INstalled with Kde. THe I chose Ip address 10.0.10.1 . the other box has dual boot WIN XP and SUSE 9.0 Pro{ AND I didnt pay for the xp.}with IP 10.0.10.2 [should I change this to bclass add?] they were both installed under yast . ifstatus says both cards are in installed reads the mac and Ip as setup . ping gives me no lost packets from one box to the other. i Knoww the Domain names are not s et right Becase of what ive red said it did make that much diff. any way netstat -r gives me dest. 10.0.10.0 Gate. * GENMASK 255.255.255.0 FLAGGS U Mss 0 Window 0 irtt 0 Iface eth0/Dest. default 10.0.10.1 genmask 0.0.0.0 flaggs UG MSS 0 Window 0 Irtt 0 Iface eth0 any one got any ideas --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss