Andy, I found a REAL super easy HOWTO for cable/networking setup in the netconf at techrepublic.com and I was ALMOST there before, but now I can ping the Windows' IP's and get a good ping. I had the IP numbers and a few other things dorked up but most of the stuff was correct. However, and as luck would have it, the Windows boxes can't recognize the Linux box. Is there something root has to do somewhere to allow the Windows boxes to recognize this box? Doing the find computer/refreshing network neighborhood stuff in the Windows machines did nothing, even after successfully pinging them both from the Linux box. Also, now that I know I can access the Dozers from the Linux box, well, how do I get to the Windows files and print sharing from here? Thanks again for your time and help. Ken Russell The Russell Pottery --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org