Hi Timo, > Try 'ifconfig eth0 172.16.254.80 netmask 255.255.255.240 up' or, after > you already issued those commands, a simple 'ifconfig eth0 up'. Yup did that then: route ass default gw 172.16.254.1 I get: Network is unreachable I can ping 172.16.254.1 from my Mac though. -Jason