I had to install dhcpcd on my bare Hamm system to access the Ethernet here, and it worked perfectly, so I don't think it is broken. You might try installing the netbase package, and anything else that it has dependancies on. Good Luck! /\ / \ / \ / /\/\ \ / \ Steve Beitzel / /\ /\ \ beitste@charlie.cns.iit.edu / \/ \/ \ http://www.iit.edu/~beitste / /\ \ ICQ#: 19510745 \ \/ / \ ___ / \ /___\ / \ \___/ / \ / \ / \ / \/