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An illustration makes the question easier to ask: What gateway and routes must be altered to allow the PCS computer to send and receive mail using the Linksys router. The DB computer has its registry key HKLM\....\IPEnableRouter set to 1. The PCS computer has: route -p add 192.168.50.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.2 The output from ipconfig and route print from DB and PCS follows. I am posting this and continuing with teaching myself to read route tables. I am looking for suggestions to speed the process. If I could "read" route tables I would probably be able to answer my own question. Dave # PCS Computer Route Table: # """"""""""""""""""""""""" # =========================================================================== # 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface # 0x2 ...00 21 9b 87 ed a6 ...... Intel(R) Gigabit # =========================================================================== # Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric # 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.1 20 # 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 # 192.168.50.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.1 1 # 192.168.254.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.1 192.168.254.1 20 # 192.168.254.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20 # 192.168.254.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.254.1 192.168.254.1 20 # 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.254.1 192.168.254.1 20 # 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.254.1 192.168.254.1 1 # Default Gateway: 192.168.254.2 # =========================================================================== # Persistent Routes: # Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric # 192.168.50.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.2 1 # # Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter PLC: # Primary Dns Suffix : Description . . : Intel(R) Gigabit # Node Type . . . . . : Unknown Dhcp Enabled. . : No # IP Routing Enabled. : No IP Address. . . : 192.168.254.1 # WINS Proxy Enabled. : No Subnet Mask . . : 255.255.255.0 # Default Gateway : 192.168.254.2 # # DB Computer Route Table: # """""""""""""""""""""""" # =========================================================================== # 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface # 0x2 ...00 17 3f ce c0 5f ...... Realtek RTL8139 # 0x3 ...00 21 9b 87 ed 84 ...... Intel(R) Gigabit # =========================================================================== # Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric # 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.50.1 192.168.50.50 20 # 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 # 192.168.50.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.50 192.168.50.50 20 # 192.168.50.50 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20 # 192.168.50.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.50.50 192.168.50.50 20 # 192.168.254.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.2 20 # 192.168.254.2 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20 # 192.168.254.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.2 20 # 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.50.50 192.168.50.50 20 # 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.2 20 # 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.50.50 192.168.50.50 1 # 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.254.2 192.168.254.2 1 # Default Gateway: 192.168.50.1 # =========================================================================== # Persistent Routes: # None # # Windows IP Configuration # Primary Dns Suffix : # Node Type . . . . . : Unknown # IP Routing Enabled. : Yes # WINS Proxy Enabled. : No # # Ethernet adapter LAN: Ethernet adapter PLC: # Description . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Description . . : Intel(R) Gigabit # Dhcp Enabled. . . . : Yes Dhcp Enabled. . : No # Autoconfig Enabled : Yes IP Address. . . : 192.168.254.2 # IP Address. . . . . : 192.168.50.50 Subnet Mask . . : 255.255.255.0 # Subnet Mask . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway : # Default Gateway . . : 192.168.50.1 # DHCP Server . . . . : 192.168.50.1 # DNS Servers . . . . : 142.x.x.x # 142.x.x.y #

WHOO-HOO! Thanks a million. That's just what the doctor ordered! Adding the above line to the end of GuiRunOnce commands did the trick. Setup continues as expected and, when done, XP is installed with all the required software. I'll polish and generisize the whole and post as a reply for all later today. Again, thanks for the insight, I can now stop banging my head. Dave

My unattended setup stalls between mini-setup and GuiRunOnce command execution. The user must manually logoff or restart after adding a user in the mini-setup. Once that has been done, GuiRunOnce commands execute as expected. Textmode setup completes as expected. CMDLINES.TXT is called, does its thing (HKCU tweaks). Next mini-setup kicks in, asks about WU, LAN, and asks for a user name. I want this operation - it forces users to create an Administrator not named Administrator). I enter a user name, click next then finish. Setup then presents a desktop with my newly created user logged and stalls until a user manually logs off or restarts. Then GuiRunOnce commands execute. It only takes a logoff/restartto get things going again. How do I get setup to perform that logoff/restart without user intervention. That is, how do I eliminate the "stall" between the end of mini-setup and the start of GuiRunOnce commands? It's got to be something simple, any suggestions appreciated. I tried, but while searching the forums was educational, I just got too many hits to read everything on "mini-setup/runonce/stall/restart" searches. Thanks. Dave WINNT.SIF [Data] AutoPartition = 0 MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes [Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended UnattendSwitch = No DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore FileSystem = * Hibernation = No OemPreinstall = Yes OemSkipEula = Yes TargetPath = \WINDOWS WaitForReboot = No NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = * OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 TimeZone = 035 [UserData] ProductKey = XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName = XXX OrgName = XXX ComputerName = COMPUTER1 [Display] BitsPerPel = 32 Xresolution = 1024 YResolution = 768 Vrefresh = 75 AutoConfirm = 1 [TapiLocation] CountryCode = 1 Dialing = Tone AreaCode = 999 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup = 1 Language = 0409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup = MSHOME [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents = Yes [Components] msmsgs = off freecell = off hearts = off minesweeper = off pinball = off solitaire = off spider = off zonegames = off [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = No DefaultThemesOff = No [GuiRunOnce] Command0="nircmd exec hide %systemdrive%\install\xp\runonceex.cmd" [IEPopupBlocker] BlockPopups = Yes FilterLevel = Low ShowInformationBar = Yes [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 Home_Page = [url="http://www.google.ca"]http://www.google.ca RunOnceEx.cmd : RunOnceEx.cmd setlocal enableextensions set cdrom=%~d0 set key=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx reg add "%key%" /f /v title /d "Installing Applications" reg add "%key%\005" /f /ve /d "Registry Tweaks" reg add "%key%\005" /f /v 1 /d "%systemdrive%\install\xp\hklm.cmd" reg add "%key%\010" /f /ve /d "Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0" reg add "%key%\010" /f /v 1 /d "%systemdrive%\install\acrobat\AdobeReader90.exe /sAll /rs" endlocal HKLM.CMD : HKLM.CMD setlocal enableextensions set key=HKLM\Software\Microsoft reg add "%key%\MessengerService\Policies" /v "DisableCrossPromo" /t reg_binary /d 80 /f rem etc... endlocal CMDLINES.TXT [COMMANDS] "nircmd exec hide .\$1\install\xp\hkcu.cmd" HKCU.CMD : HKCU.CMD setlocal enableextensions reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v MenuShowDelay /t reg_sz /d 100 /f rem etc.... endlocal