Dont really know how to answer all of this. No, I'm not logging into his server, its one of his clients connecting that steals all of the bandwidth and boots me offline. I can gain access to his server physically and log onto its terminal if that's what you mean. No, theres no domain or network between my dad's server and my computer, as I said, the servers connected directly to the modem, and everything else is connected to the modem through a separate router, the server doesn't really have one, unless somehow the terminal is functioning as one. Dunno what the DHCP service is. As for dad's help, he doesn't care, he doesn't do anything besides play solitare at the home, so the only answer I ever get is "eh". I am running Windows XP Pro, SP3, the server is running Windows XP Server, with at least SP2, but probably 3 installed.