When I enable the above using: enable ip SEND_HOST_UNREACH_FOR_POOL I notice that my rip built routing tables on my router start to degrade. What I mean is this. I have rip configured on all my hiperarc's and on my backbone router. Without the above enabled all seems to work as expected. With it enabled some clients connect fine, others can connect but can't do anything past the hyperarc. When I investigate I find that some users that don't work do have entries in the table, others don't. I thought enabling that might reduce the size of my routing table further and increase the speed at which disconnected IP's are dropped from the table. It just seems to muck up the waters. Is this just a convergence issue with rip? What is the true function of this feature if not for this purpose? Any input at all. Maybe there is some other function for this? -- Lewis Bergman Texas Communications 4309 Maple St. Abilene, TX 79602-8044 325-691-3301 800-299-6962