Gents, I just rebuild and installed the netdrivers.* stuff and rebooted ... and yes, % telnet 10.3 does it's job. So far % telnet tao.thought.org ((and its IP equiv of 10.1)) fail. Evidently, I've still got to find the right ``route add... XYZ'' incantations. There is a boot complaint about route.conf, tho. What rightfully belongs in this file? So, in a nutshell, I've rebuild and installed with modprobe tulip and evidently via the rc.* scripts, a new driver. Any ideas most welcome... and of course, thanks for everyone's help ... . gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq