Try sending your /etc/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, and /etc/modules.conf. Also look for information about the ethernet configuration in the output of dmesg. You're right, that ':9' looks very troubling. r _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list