Thanks Bill,
But then after applying those changes, there is no apparent change to the speed.
To provide more details, the e-smith server is behind a firewall and the server is using a lease line.
As with the client side, all clients are running OE and the connection is over a ADSL line.
Both line are from the same ISP, however to make things clearer, when I use other ISP to do a connection, such as a cable or even a dialup, the connection is seamless......
Perhaps some one out there can help??
Thanks again!