Craig Brooksby wrote: Here's a newbie question: I installed slimserver on my Mepis box, and am able to stream MP3s to other computers on my home network, on port 9000. Very slick. (http://slimdevices.com/) Naturally, I want to play my music at work. I am a Cox customer. My media player should be able to connect to http://my.ip.add.ress:9000 from my office desktop -- right? Can't do it. I know I'm on DHCP. As long as my Mepis box is running, it should hold onto that IP address. Right? I suppose this means my office, or Cox, or both, have that port blocked? Or am I just stumbling in the dark? If anyone else has installed slipserver, or has other insight, please chime in. Craig things that could be stopping you: - your home nat/firewall - your mepis box firewall (probably not if it works on you lan, unless you have a rule that allows local net access but block non-local ip's) - your office firewall (happens to me a lot) - cox rules. I don't think it's cox. they mostly block http ports to prevent people from hosting sites on their home server. Do you have a firewall/nat? Does it have port 9000 open? (may need to specify you mepis' box's ip if you have a typical consumer cable router like me) If it's your office firewall, you'll have to find a port they don't block. Shin zen ni rei -j Registered Linux user number 403109 --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.