Eureka! I finally got it. The problem was in the fact that ICS was enabled for both of the NIC's; disabled ICS and installed the MAC Bridge MiniPort and it now works as it should. Many, many thanks to all that responded and as Dwaine said: "This is a great group"1. 73 Gene, WØQFC Spring Hill, Florida WEB SITE: http://www.w0qfc.com