<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> OK, this helps. We're getting closer. Take these three lines <pre wrap=""> option option-128 code 128 = string; option option-129 code 129 = text; option option-221 code 221 = text; </pre> out of both the "shared-network WORKSTATIONS" and "shared-network WORKSTATIONS-2" and un-comment them in global config mode (only once!). Then try starting dhcpd again. --TP <div class="moz-signature">_______________________________ Do you <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>? <a href="http://www.cmosnetworks.com">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> </body> </html>