Roger I would certainly appreciate that script. I have just finished rebooting and pinging a url, there is joy in linuxville right now<g>. I did make one change to my access point, ESSID from default to intranet name. -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 res005ru at gte.net Gentoo Linux Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust!