Hi everyone. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on how I might be able to "simulate" or trick my ethernet card into thinking it is connected to an active network? I have a bit of licensed software that will only function if I am connected to a network. It doesn't matter which network - any will do - but I have to be connected. Is there a workaround for this? I would be eternally grateful for any help in this matter. Thanks Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Stephen M. Soisson, Ph.D. Senior Research Biochemist X-ray Crystallography / Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry Merck Research Laboratories P.O. Box 2000, RY50-105 Rahway, NJ 07065 Phone: (732) 594-4349 Fax: (732) 594-5042 stephen_soisson@merck.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by e-mail and then delete it. ==============================================================================