a strange thing... if i run lynx or some other user runs it, accesses a website and gets all the data, netstat in any of it form or option will not show any http connections... why not? if netscape is loaded, and you do netstat you will see http connections, in most cases close_wait state, but they will still be there. with lynx - nothing. how come? max - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu