Haha Well I didn't do that because with the DHCP server for the ISP I'm with they use automatic allocation I persume not dynamic so my DHCP IP doesn't change everytime I log on, just if I install a new network card (so I'd be a new client). Although I did try configuring me network settings as said above, and it worked *wink* The only drawback was that I couldn't access the internet anymore lol. I tried fiddling with the settings more but I'm no network genius, so I went back to my orginal settings. And I don't think I can disable NAT on my router, I looked through the settings though I couldn't find an option to disable it. Though I've decided not to worry about not being able to access it with my WAN IP or use any scripts that require an absolute address localhost is groovy Sorry for the fuss And thank you for all the help Keep up the great work too!