Does anyone have any experience with pfouts and a "virtual" COM port created when using an Ethernet to Serial converter. All of this is under Centos Linux, release 3.6, using filepro 5.0.14R4 Thanks, -- Ed Hilovsky LGF Computers Office: (724) 463-7633 (800) 653-8479 Fax: (866) 448-5415 Mobile: (412) 289-1773 lgf at lgfcomputers.net