Yes, technically nothing will complain. But the network will be broken. Right. So Chrissie can't make ROOSTA an area router, because area 6 already has one. AFAIK, she has two options - a) Move ROOSTA and all her nodes to a new area, and make ROOSTA an area router. Of course, we collectively just told her to move from area 3 to 6, so she might be grumpy about that. b) Connect ROOSTA to HECnet via STAR69. Drop the LEGATO link (as you said, it's pointless). I suspect we have a broken setup somewhere... Yes... Bob