" Can the script be re-written to omit the use of the '-e' (readline) flag?"
Consider it done ! As I said earlier (maybe it was a mail though, not this thread), the -e flag is pretty useless.

"As you cannot test this I will start looking into how xterm can be replaced by osso-xterm." Please ! That would be great !

" What if I am uh testing the pens of a completly locked off LAN?" Yup, good point ! (but unlikely)

"Also there are numerous spelling mistakes and supeflous wordage that could be trimmed out."
I did ask people to give me feedback on that too, many times, but it seems it doesn't bother them. It matters to me though, so please, mail me anything I can correct. I try my best but english isn't my native language so grammatical errors and all are to be expected.

About the superfluous wordage, I think you mean things I did on purpose, like asking what ports, what gateway, etc. The first goal of the script it to learn from it. That way people know a minimum about what they are doing. But sure, that script could be trimmed down to almost nothing if I decided to make a real, full automation. That is not my goal though !

"If you are wondering why it is important to have have as few dependancies as possible it is becasue the n900 is challenged for resources enough as it is. Besides as an engineer I crave the simplest most elegant solution that uses the basic tools that are available."
All right, I understand ! Let's do that

In a nutshell : get rid of wgets, xterms, and -e. On another note, get rid of bad engrish.

Since there is quite a few things to do, could you mail me so that we don't spam this thread too much ? I don't mind though, but it's better if we keep it clean !

Thanks again !