Angel, Regardless of the diagnosis, it seems clear that the downstream LDM on host "ls1-afg" is the one having the problem (the LDM 5 code is known to have bugs). It is extremely unlikely that I will modify the LDM 5 code. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you try upgrading the LDM on host "ls1-afg" to version 6 if that is at all possible. Regards, Steve Emmerson