First, thanks _very_ much to everyone who responded to this. All the responses really helped me track this down to the link being brought up by an AppleTalk broadcast packet. The problem was that the stock IP Call filter was... nothing. The usual few filters were just empty. I reentered the stock filter and all is well. This raises a question: this profile is IP routing only; no bridging, no IPX. I've always thought that setting profiles up like this set up an implied IP-only filter that wasn't shown anywhere. Evidently not: you apparently also need the IP call filter to prevent it from dialing on any old thing. Live and learn, but this seems wrong-headed to me. What does setting IP routing, no bridging, no IPX do besides turn IP routing on and IPX off? It certainly appeared to be trying to bridge on that profile... Pipelines were running 5.0A. I just put 'em both to 5.1Ap6. Peter Lalor Infoasis plalor@infoasis.com <A HREF="http://www.infoasis.com/">http://www.infoasis.com/</A> 415-459-7991 x102 415-459-7992 fax ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11529.html">Re: (ASCEND) Max1800</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11527.html">(ASCEND) P50 Beta 6.0 vendor MIB bugs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11530.html">RE: (ASCEND) P50 Beta 6.0 vendor MIB bugs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11540.html">(ASCEND) OSPF / Max4000</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11528"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd271.html#11528"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>