Sorry for the VMWare intrusion on the LUG group. But for those that responded back to me thanks, APPRECIATE IT ;-) And for those that may be wondering what the problem was. It was the NIC. I replaced it with an INTEL PRO/1000GT 1-PORT COPPER GIG-E PCI DESKTOP PWLA8391GT VMWare ESXi 4.0 likes it. Me HAPPY ;-)