Quoting Joel Rosenberg (joelr at ellegon.com): > I've got three machines on my home network, all of which are connected > via a hub, which is also connected to the Roadrunner modem. FWIW, I'm > running Mandrake 8.1 on two of the systems, including my main work > system, and Windows 2000 on the third. My main system has no trouble > in picking up an IP address from Roadrunner when booting; my > daughter's machine is unable to. It mandrake a 2.2.x kernel or 2.4.x kernel? We (the list) need to know so we can walk you through ipchains (2.2.x) or iptables (2.4.x). -- Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9