recall a bit back the problem whereby the ether address was showing up in NFS->NFS xfers, and how this was fixed the new le driver? Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it appears that this problem still exists. ie (on diskless box): prompt% cp /netbsd /netbsdxx prompt% cmp /netbsd /netbsdxx /netbsd /netbsdxx differ: char 114693, line 1474 --jeff