Hi Many thanks for advice on downloading large files, I did reply but it appears to have been lost. I downloaded and installed Kernel 2.6.5 for Suse 9.0, my first attempt at this. all seemed OK except I could not connect to the internet without disabling the firewall. I checked and installed kernel again ppp was definitely enabled. I have repeated process in mandrake 9.2 with same results so it definitely me , any advice would be appreciated. Regards Nick Daniels