Ok so I have used virt-manager to create the name NET100 This is what shows. <network> <name>NET100</name> <uuid>1ba45e54-93c2-f291-8b35-a7fe8cae9ac1</uuid> <forward dev='eth0' mode='nat'> <interface dev='eth0'/> </forward> <bridge name='virbr1' stp='on' delay='0' /> <mac address='52:54:00:9C:39:02'/> <ip address='192.168.100.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'> <dhcp> <range start='192.168.100.128' end='192.168.100.254' /> </dhcp> </ip> </network> I DO get a DHCP on my network - but the client cannot connect to the host machine. Has access to internet - but just not the host. jerry