[caveman]

I am confused by the last post, surely this is not the case being as he will connecting to my router. His IT company have given permission to make ammendmends, but have warned him to be careful to keep a record of IP adresses etc. and to replace them before returning to work.
I thought that we had accepted that he could set it to auto with his works settings on the alternate tab and the only manual input being in IE to alter the proxy setting tick box.