All, I'm getting the following message in my Win2K server logs. 192.168.0.8 is a samba server. Linux kernel: 2.4.17 Samba V2.2.8a security = domain Event Type: Error Event Source: Srv Event Category: None Event ID: 2006 Date: 6/23/2003 Time: 1:03:52 PM User: N/A Computer: LEXICA Description: The server received an incorrectly formatted request from \\192.168.0.8. Data: 0000: 00 00 34 00 02 00 7c 00 ..4...|. 0008: 00 00 00 00 d6 07 00 c0 ....?..? 0010: 00 00 00 00 01 20 98 c0 ..... ?? 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0028: b3 06 00 00 ff 53 4d 42 ?...?SMB 0030: 25 00 00 00 00 08 01 c0 %......? 0038: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 0040: 00 00 00 00 05 08 08 7b .......{ 0048: 00 10 01 00 10 00 00 48 .......H 0050: 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00 ...H.... 0058: 00 00 00 00 .... A search for "The server received an incorrectly formatted request from" on technet produced the following single hit (I know - a single hit on technet?), but it seems only moderately relevant. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B142617 Any ideas on this one? please reply to me and the list, as I'm currently not subscribing. Thanks, -- Christopher Barry Manager of Information Systems InfiniCon Systems http://www.infiniconsys.com