On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 01:54:11PM -0000, Nick Porter wrote: > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.42 > netmask 225.225.225.0 This is wrong : should be 255.255.255.0 Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan