Would you mind explaining this for me? What do you mean by check alignment? Sorry, this is kinda new for me. In the meantime I'll go read my orielly tcp book. :-) Thanks. > PS. Better use '!xxLxx8c' cause N is network order 4-byte long > > PPS. xxNxxH8 = 1+1+4+1+1+8 = 16, so check alignment! >