There is no way for an IP address to be 258 you can't use anything higher than 255 and that is reserved for broadcasting. You might want to recheck your address. Each octect has a range from 0-255. Hope that is of help. SrA Dominick A. Obermeyer Okinawa, Japan ~~~ I feel so embarrassed. You're right that is the wrong address. Thank you for pointing out the obvious. I could make excuses, but what's the point. Thank you for your illuminating response. In gratitude, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org