Ok, my cable modem connection seems to be working fine as far as it goes; I am including here what I get when I enter "pump -i eth0 --status" since the output is relatively short. I was a bit concerned about whether the lines that have 0.0.0.0 for next server were normal or not. My biggest problem now is that I can't figure out how to get this to happen at boot time. Once I boot, I have to type "pump -i eth0" each time to start it. I've looked at the man page several times and still can't find anything that indicates how this is to be accomplished. pump.txt Device eth0 IP: 24.196.69.124 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Broadcast: 255.255.255.255 Network: 24.196.69.0 Boot server 12.24.207.53 Next server 0.0.0.0 Gateway: 24.196.69.1 Domain: mad.chartermi.net Nameservers: 24.196.64.39 24.196.64.40 Renewal time: Wed Oct 31 14:41:52 2001 Expiration time: Wed Oct 31 16:11:52 2001 Cheryl