RTM,
thanks for reading and responding to my quizz. well, as i said in my previous mail, it's a 4-port router (model P-660H-T1). out of the four ports i've connected one cable to one PC running on windows XP (on my left) and from another port i've linked it to the Server (on my right) on to which i want to install FreeBSD. now since, i'm not yet familiar with FreeBSD, i've been using this other PC on my left to configure the static IP address (81.10.46.150) given to me by my ISP. after configuration, when i power on the server, i get a message that there's another machine using the same address, which leaves me perplexed...yes, and to add on this as i said there are hardly any BSD technicians here in Cairo. i registered with egypt linux users group hoping i'd get assistance to learn linux OS but nobody bothered to listen to my plea. i also walked around the city searching for learning centers, but the disgusting thing is that i'd be turned away by being told to go and find a considerable number of people with whom i'd be able to start taking the lessons...meaning NO lessons for individuals. i'm a foreigner here and how would i go around trying to convince less interested fellows to come along with me for something they care less about?!!! it's been a lengthy time since last August 2007 but my will is still there intact. i want to learn FreeBSD and use it.
thanks all for your concern.