I couldn't seem to find any way to hard-code an IP address on the target, but I was able to setup DHCPD so that it would only assigh the IP address I wanted. I simply coded the subnet as 10.1.1.0 and under that I told it to assign IP addresses in the range 10.1.1.2 to 10.1.1.2. Making both of these numbers the same ensures that I ALWAYS get the same IP address of 10.1.1.2 on the target when doing a telnet install of RH9 co I don't even have to ping the broadcast address to find out which IP dhcpd gave it. Lorenzo Anyone who thinks UNIX is intuitive should be forced to write 5000 lines of code using nothing but vi or emacs. AAAAACK! -- Discussion on the intuitiveness of commands, especially Emacs