Further to my post of Friday, could someone please explain the following samba log entry. [timestamp] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(725) packet send failed to 192.168.1.255(137) ERRNO=Operation not permitted [timestamp] nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:send_netbios_packet(170) end_netbios_packet:send_packet() to IP 192.168.1.255 port 137 failed. [timestamp]nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c"query_name(232)query_name:Failed to send packet trying to query name WORKGROUP<1d> The error arises from any attempt to "find" the relevant Samba server over a dialup connection. Samba is version 2.0.4 on Linux 2.0.36 with a firewall which supposedly allows all netbios traffic for dialup connections. Cheers and thanks, Stephen Davies -- =======================================================================Stephen Davies Consulting scldad@sdc.com.au Adelaide, South Australia. Voice: 041-980 1417 Computing & Network solutions. Fax: 08-8272 8863