1) Yes. 2) I have configured NIC typically using settrans and pfinet. It is detected typically related to boot process. 3) Server : 192.168.1.1 Client : 192.168.1.2 Netmask : 255.255.255.0 4) From GNU/Linux to GNU/Hurd related stuff also it does not give even 1% packet gain. -- Jeffrin Jose T. www.MSServices.org GPG:1024D/F5726A1B