> This may have nothing to do with it, but it was the problem with my
> NetBSD/sun3 system communicating on a local network at home...  Check the
> broadcast address.  SOMETIMES it would eventutally get through but very
> very slow...

Well, I double/triple-checked the network configuration--including the
broadcast, and everything looks correct.

Thanks, though.
-allen

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                    Allen Briggs - briggs@ninthwonder.com