hi! I have 2 boxes on a hub. 1 is a 5.2 Redhat and the other one is a 2.1 Debian. IP address are set to redhat -> 192.168.10.101 debian -> 192.168.10.1 the routing table are set correctly for both machines. but when I tried to ping the debian box from redhat, it's not getting response. then I used the debian box to ping the redhat, debian got a response from redhat. After doing that, redhat was able to ping the debian box fine. Any ideas? Momma always said: life is like `. a box of 95; .__ o __. you never know |__/|__| if you're gonna /\ < > /\ crash ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]