Definitely the right netmask, and seems to be the right interface (en0) - although, as a side note, can you explain the difference between this and the et0 interface? No problems with any other system in the building. I've set up many a solaris or linux box with no problems. arp -a shows nothing interesting, just another system I ftp'd into - have tried adding a static entry for the gateway, with no luck: ? (xxx.xx.132.118) at 0:b0:d0:26:7b:5d [ethernet] the netstat -rn (x's added, obviously): Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refcnt Use Interface Netmasks: (root node) (0)0 ff00 0 (0)0 ffff ff00 0 (root node) Route Tree for Protocol Family 2: (root node) default xxx.xx.132.1 UG 0 472 en0 127 127.0.0.1 U 50 340667 lo0 xxx.xx.132 xxx.xx.132.191 U 11 1773 en0 (root node) Route Tree for Protocol Family 6: (root node) (root node) T.H.x. Devon