hi all, we have several subnets here and i'm supposed to implement a smbserver. Before the other subnet was connected everything went perfect. History: we have one smaller public IP network .96.114.x then a gateway was added to connect a non-public net to ours. a traceroute to one of the PCs: # traceroute 10.5.1.67 traceroute to 10.5.1.67 (10.5.1.67), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 stw-de.stw.x.de (10.2.0.1) 10 ms 3 ms 2 ms 2 wh260.stw.x.de (10.5.1.67) 17 ms 6 ms 6 ms On my machine i can mount resources from that PC, if i specify the destination IP. The networks have different workgroup names. His machine(win98) though cant reach mine, he cant even see our workgroup, but, as said above, his machine can do a trace to mine and viceversa, and i can mount his stuff. Does anybody know the syntax for telling win98 how to connect to an IP. I tried: \\<IP> \\host.workgroup \\host\workgroup \\workgroup\host Could I export my netbios name to his network, so that my server appears in his workgroup? would i need to know, who the browsemaster is on that net? Other Prob: how could the winusers from the private net use ICQ? could they reroute their ICQ port to the machine with the public IP, say at port 10000? thanks already, Alex -- 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/Doku/FAQ/