Hi Mike
Thanks for the reply and the info, the unit was new but supplied with the txco mod completed and a version of F5OEO firmware on it, a DL station sells them on eBay,
I modified the Ethernet adapter as there is many posts documenting the need to ensure it has a good supply of 5v,
You are right I don't really know what I'm doing but with a bit of help and some luck I usually get stuff working eventually,
So I reflashed the unit with the latest firmware from AD 0.32, and I made sure that the config file has the right IP addresses for my network and It connected straight away and after each reboot it worked,
I'm going to change to an unmodified Ethernet adapter as the one I'm using is messy looking and hopefully it should be ok then,
Thanks to everyone here who has helped me I hope I have the bugs sorted now and you will be seeing less questions from me,
73 Trevor EI2GLB