Thank you Matt for such a detailed response to my problem. For my dhcp configuration, here is an outline of what I have: dhcp/Kickstart/pxe/tftp server: 10.225.248.x dhcpd.conf configuration: shared-network configuration. This lists network information for the 10.225.248.x subnet and the 10.225.240.x subnet. I am attempting to Kickstart servers on the 10.225.240.x subnet. I have it hard coded with MAC to host relationship. Each host I want to install is listed as Node1, Node2, etc. The dhcp seems to work up to the point of requesting tftp. This is coming back with "in.tftpd[22003]: tftpd: read: Connection refused" Does this make sense? Liz Brosch TSH System Services Philadelphia, PA 19104 office: (215) 823-6144 cell: (267) 784-9166