I'm connecting via a NetBSD 4.0 system with two (2) NIC's. One NIC is connected to the Internet router, the other is managed entirely by Johnny's bridge program. Does the bridge program need two NIC's? one for DECnet (with the necessarily forced MAC) 2nd for UDP? can the UDP port share with TCP/IP functionality? i.e., to get from "Internet" <--> Bridge <--> DECnet <--> DECnet-consuming-application how many NICs do I need? Since the DECnet-consuming-application must have a DECnet address, I know it needs it's own NIC on which it can own a corresponding MAC in the DECnet address range, but does the DECnet side of the Bridge program need it's own DECnet address also? Is the short answer to go read some documentation on the bridge program? Aloha, Angela Kahealani -- "(I'll) Be Seeing You..." All information and transactions are private between the parties, and are non negotiable. All rights reserve without prejudice, Angela Kahealani. http://kahealani.com