What if my external card netmask is 255.0.0.0? Will that screw up autodetection? I assume both should be 255.255.255.0 for vanilla dsl setup. yours sheepishly, Joe Golden The Stevens School of Peacham thestevensschoolofpeacham.com _________________________________________________________________Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail