hmm.. Seems that every traceroute across an ATM link will result in the middle packet being dropped. The ATM Switch nor the Router have any idea that it is the second packet.. weird! Anyone have a clue to why that is? Tracing the route to ns2 1 206.222.97.6 44msec 44msec 44msec 2 ns2.acsi.net (206.222.97.50) 44 msec * 44 msec Tracing the route to 206.222.97.5 1 206.222.97.5 16 msec * 16msec ________________________________________________________ Eric D. Madison - Senior Network Engineer ACSI - Advanced Data Servics - ATM/IP Backbone NOC - 800-291-7889 - noc@acsi.net