Thanks Doug, but I have Access control for wireless and Internet access, so I think I may still have a problem. Is it easy to get to the command line on the Pogoplug? A quick ifconfig will give me the MAC address.

bidmead said: You raise an interesting point, Gordon. Yes, it's easy enough to ssh into the Pogoplug, but I've just tested this and I notice that since the last firmware update the ifconfig command no longer works. It's no big deal -- the utility is still encapsulated inside the "Swiss Army Knife" application busybox. It just means that CE no longer provides a link named "ifconfig" to it in any of the directories on the path. This is easily fixable, but if you just want to use it as a one-off type "busybox ifconfig" instead of "ifconfig". -- Chris

Thanks Chris, I wonder if "ip addr show" has taken over from "ifconfig", of course until the plug arrives its all rather speculative

Hi Chris,

well the little pink toy arrived and is working like a dream, I looked on the router for the mac address and then assigned a fixed DHCP ip, put the mac in the firewall access control and all was hunky dory. Do you just SSH into the device?
On the other hand geeks just try things so here I go.