Hi all, First I want to thank everyone for helping me out. I posted a question about setting up a linux router for my home network some time back. Everyone's suggestions helped, and I eventually found some tutorials over at Yolinux.com that helped me get a handle on things. As for my questions, they are a little off topic, but I thought people here might know, if anyone. I recently tried to put an NIC in my Linux Powermac. It was a PCI card so I thought it would work, but it was also being sold for PC systems only(including Linux OS). After I put it in, my other computer couldn't be ping'd or connect the the Internet through the router. I thought a setting was off or something until I decided to replace the cable. Then everything worked fine. I'm writing this email through the other computer now. So my question is this; was my card simply defective, or is there a significant difference between PCI cards for PCs, and PCI cards for Macs? SuSE found the card with little prompting; I was able to designate it eth1 and give it an IP. Occassionally I'd have to reboot when the system was just starting up, but that was it. Next, could the card have fried my Ethernet cable? I find it hard to believe, but it was definitely working fine before I installed the NIC. Regardless, can the cable be fixed, or is it now junk? Again, I know these questions are off-topic, but I'm a newbie to linux and networking, so I thought someone might be able to fill me in. Thanks again, Erik -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm