Hiya folks. I have 3 SP2 machines side-by-side, and I want to set them up as a LAN sharing a single internet connection. The broadband is connected to the first one, and the middle box has two network cards. If I bridge the two segments on the middle box, I lose ICS on 2 & 3. If I assign static IP's to 2 & 3 then I lose ICS on them too. But if I set them to aquire their IP's from box 1 they fail to connect properly. Or the middle box connects, but not the one on the r/h/s. I've tried putting the two cards in the same machine as the internet connection; no joy. If I remove the net connection and assign the left box to 192.168.0.1 the others fall in line. But if I assign my broadband connection to 192.168.0.1 it stops working (duh) so I don't know what to do... It was working, briefly, until I rebooted. I don't remember exactly how, but the middle box was bridging the left & right box, and each machine had internet access, as well as access to the shared folders on each machine. For a few short minutes I was praising the gods. But they forsook me. I've been at it for two days without let-up. I hate XP, 'tis an evil thing. Regards, S. V. Tired