hi all i have been working on this dsl for about two weeks now. it just so happens that there is a smtp server mail.sbcglobal.net that does not have to authenticate another smtp server does have to authenticate and i just could not make sendmail work with it also i figured out that i have to run dhcpcd at the last to get the right dns and ip address. i have a 2wire router and i can go in to the setup using links it has been a hard two weeks of hard studdying but it is worth it now. hope all of you are doing fine. randy turner