Hi Christian, all, This was just "one of those things"; I went home on Friday night, tried everything again (the right way) and it worked. Can't really understand what I might have been screwing up, but in any event, it seems fixed now. I got the base installed, and now I need to get the machine hooked up to the network so I can get some packages. Thanks for your help, again. -- Bill Layer <b.layer@vikingelectronics.com>