Bill (and the group), There are several ways to monitor/control your node remotely; 1: To monitor the server activity (not audio) remotely, use *PuTTY*. You connect via SSH as a remote terminal session. With this, you can type any command as if you are at the server console. Download PuTTY for windows and install. (I also use "*ConnectBot*" on my android phone!) 2: To monitor audio, you can install *iaxRpt* and depending on the config files, you can talk (and command) your node. (requires Java). 3: Install/configure *echolink* and from any Windows, Mac (under wine), or android device, and you can connect and monitor/talk on your node from anywhere. 4: Configure a SIP "peer" extension and monitor/talk/command your node from any SIP phone (Softphone, or physical SIP phone on your desk. (I built a separate Asterisk box and setup all of my nodes as extensions on the PBX, thereby allowing me to connect any SIP device (see above) and connect/monitor/control/talk to my node(s). It also allows me to use the PBX as a dial-out/dial-in to the real world (via a Magic-Jack) as well as having access to all the other PBX features!) from my handie-talkie. 5: To MANAGE your node from your windows box, download and install *WinSCP*. This allows you to manage the FILES on your server. Great "Explorer" type GUI. You can navigate through the file structure, edit/copy/create/etc any file(s). I also use it to copy all of my /etc/asterisk files to my NAS as a backup. If I need to reload a server, I run ACID, then drag all the /etc/asterisk files into the reloaded box and reboot. Viola! Hope this helps (a little). *Neil* *W7FED* Burien (SEATAC), WA.