Do you know which task/object NETPTH tries to talk to? Obviously MIM don't have one running, but depending on what, it might be something that I just have not set up. Is NML the object? What is NML? It sends the same requests that you would send to a another node using NCP to ask for example about the known circuits. On Tops10/20 it's a program part of galy "NMLTxx" that the monitor passes all network management requuests to. The code bliss has traces of PDP11 stuff, as there was a rs20f phase 3 front-end. --Peter !++ ! FACILITY: DECnet-10/20 V3.0 Network Management Layer (NML) ! ! ABSTRACT: ! ! This module performs the NML NICE remote request receive ! function. ! ! ENVIRONMENT: TOPS-10/20 & MCB/RSX11 User mode under NML ! ! AUTHOR: Dale C. Gunn , CREATION DATE: 20-Jan-81 ! ! MODIFIED BY: