Re: network adapter

[ams]

   settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 192.168.83.39
   -g 192.168.83.38 -m 255.255.252.0

Double check your netmask, it should probobly be 255.255.255.0.
   
   And why socket 2 not 1? I have only one ethernet card.

/servers/socket/1 (or 2) has nothing to do with ethernet cards.  Play
around with showtrans and look in the code to see what
/server/socket/1 does.