Julian Richardson wrote: Now let me get this straight. You say Linux worked -- that implies that it was in place at one point, then NT was put in there and that NT didn't work. Aside from the opportunity to make yourself indispensable by being the only one with Unix skills (not that a dedicated Linux server needs much maintenance -- my Samba server has rebooted three times in four years due to power outages -- it's working, I don't mess with it except to edit files for mounting NFS filesystems and sharing them to my wife's Windows boxen) (by the way, who set up the Linux router?), you then wrote a _Java_ program to do what should be handled by something two or three layers down? Be ashamed. -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.