ann kok wrote: > DEVICE=eth1 > HWADDR=00:1B:21:07:A5:94 > ONBOOT=yes > # BOOTPROTO=dhcp > TYPE=Ethernet > # BOOTPROTO=dhcp Nowhere in here do you give the device a way to get an IP address. You've turned off DHCP, but don't give a static address, so I guess it's just picking a random value from somewhere. Say something like this: DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:1B:21:07:A5:94 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=1.2.3.4 NETMASK=255.255.255.0