At this point ip/gateway/broadcast are all correct. firewall is open to samba traffic. smb.conf is correct in terms of worgroup spelling, etc. I need to start from the top and figure out what the hell is going on. Thanks for the suggestions. TOm _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list