alright, I installed 7.0.1, and system tune up. I looked at my modem's config page, the subnet is actually 255.255.255.255, and MacTCP only goes as high as 255.255.255.252. We may have a problem here. Is there some other software that allows me to get connected? when i launched ircle under 7.0.1, I got the MacTCP is not installed correctly error, but I did see the traffic LED blink a few times on the adapter, something that has not happened before, so it is talking to the computer, a good thing.

-digital