Being NEW to Mac networking, I was wondering if a MAC GEEK would mind informing me if X uses the base model of the OSI layers to encode and decode information. I ask this because I have ran across a game ( Star Wars Galactic battle grounds and Clone wars) that even though the game is the same, I cannot play against PPL useing wintel machines With my MAC. I have written ASPYR to get more info and ask for a patch, But they havent written back yet. Any Info is appreciated. ===== DOUGLAS E.HAWKINS __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com