What is the best way to let the winxp machine communicate with the mac/osx? And what about the fbsd machine. Is there a protocol I can use for all three of them? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja