hello guys

thank you all so much for your help. This is very useful. Here is where we stand:

Direct connection cross over cable:
- IP adress, subnet, etc. all correct as mentioned in your replies.
- ethernet port seems frozen: lights are on but not blinking. I will try to do what tfabris explains. e.g. try to force the ethernet card in 10 full duplex or 100 half duplex. Any reco?

My Rio is working fine on a DHCP but that's at work

Thanks to whoever is maintaining RMMLite. This is great. If people need QA, I'll be happy to contribute.

thanks