Dave wrote: > > [root at lee1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=none > HWADDR=00:18:8b:0f:ad:c2 > IPADDR=1[snip]0 > ONBOOT=yes > DHCP_HOSTNAME=[snip] > DNS1=1[snip]0 > DNS2=1[snip].2 > NM_CONTROLLED=no > SEARCH=[snip] > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > DNS3=1[snip]0 > GATEWAY=1[snip]0.1 > TYPE=Ethernet > USERCTL=no > PEERDNS=yes > IPV6INIT=no Holy cow, something put every single option in that file. For static address, the minimum you need is this: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:18:8b:0f:ad:c2 IPADDR=1[snip]0 ONBOOT=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 TYPE=Ethernet And you can either leave GATEWAY there or put it in /etc/sysconfig/network I assume it's because of PEERDNS=yes, and you'll have to try to be sure, but anyway all that junk serves no purpose there (well, arguably you could put back USERCTL and stuff like that, if you really need it). -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/