Well I admit to being really fuzzy on my Network Essentials training, but I seem to remember 255's being reserved for broadcast/searches... kinda like "hey I'm here is anyone there"... but again I took the classes a long time ago so I could be wrong. My IP provided by my cable service begins with a 24.x.x.x, but I'm not on a LAN. When I first ran and registered Vue I wasn't running Zone Alarm, so I don't know if it has to do with registering. I'll jot an email to e-on tonight. I just asked here, cause you know how the community is... you guys usually know more than the companies :) Thanks for the help.