The solution to this proved quite simple, once I grasped the fact that all routers on a common network have to route for that network (duhh!!!) as well as any others that they may handle. So the ripd.conf file looks like this: ---> ! -*- rip -*- ! ! RIPd configuration file ! hostname a.b.domain.tld password xxxxxxxx enable password xxxxxxxx router rip network 2aa.bbb.ccc.0/24 network 192.168.219.0/24 log stdout <--- And it works. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3