Our 3 Macs: my iBook, wife's iMac and PowerMac G4, are connected by Ethernet. >From the PowerMac I can access either of the other two and do stuff. However, from the iBook (and also from iMac) I cannot access the PowerMac. I type in correct name and password that are used on the PowerMac for Admin's account, but am told each time that the connection has "unexpectedly broken". Any ideas? -- don hinkle Why do Oklahomans call themselves Sooners? Is it because theyd Sooner live here than in Texas? For the truth, read OKLAHOMA, by Donald Henry Hinkle, published in July 2003 by Enslow. ISBN: 0-7660-5138-2