OK, I give up! :-) I see that routed is deprecated and there doesn't seem to be an rpm for gated. What's the approved substitute? Maintaining routes statically is a PITA! (I don't want to configure my box as a router, it's a leaf node.) thanks -- Douglas Frank HP Co. 110 Spit Brook Rd. Blessed are the Bewildered Nashua, NH 03062 USA for they won't notice