Apologies but this initial post is rather short on detail. Please if anybody can help let me know what you'll need and I'll post it up. My set up is as follows: I have one PC running Windows 2k. Standard onboard network card running fine. This then connects to a D-Link 504 modem router via ethernet cable (cat 5e) My second PC is running SuSE Linux 9.3 It has a 3com 10/100 network card (detected and working) again connected via ethernet to the above named D-Link 504 router. If I pop a Windows disk into the second PC I can access the network (ie my first PC situated upstairs). I mention this simply to eliminate the possibility of physical (cable) faults. Now, I can access the internet through the network card on the SuSE PC via my broadband connection from the router. No matter what I try I cannot access the Windows workgroup/domain on the Windows PC. I was able to do this with SuSE 9.2 I hve set up SAMBA in the same way as I had it with 9.2 but this does not seem to work. I have a feeling it is something to do with the SuSE firewall but I really am unsure of what to look for. I spent a few hours (about 4) last night reading and re-reading my 9.3 Admin manual. I could not glean the information I needed hence my plea on here :-) Could anybody give me some pointers of where to look, what to check? If I need to post up log files please let me know but tell me exactly what I would need to show. I'm starting to flounder now :-| I haven't posted minute details about the PC as I didn't believe them to be relevant. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR