>... "can't read my ip address" And I guess it stalls for about 60 secs ? I think it tries for a minute to get your IPaddr via DHCP, but I guess thats obvious. Try the following line for your /rc/bin/termrc: ip/ipconfig -g 195.182.167.1 ether /net/ether0 add your_ip your_netmask >>[2]/tmp/ipconfig.debug.log > I am a little class 16 at the end of an ISDN leased line. If I understand correctly, your netmask is a /28 ? Anyway, replace the netmask above with whatever your windows machine uses as it's netmask, and I think it should work. /tmp/ipconfig.debug.log should contain any errors or warnings. - pip