the ethernet and the wireless cards seem to work rightly and it seems that they are configured ok However, I still have to run (as root) /sbin/ifup eth1 and /sbin/ifdown eth1 for the wireless, anf /sbin/ifup eth0 and /sbin/ifdown eth0 for the ether card Is it that way the normal one? or should they be done automatically (by udev) after detecting a change in the physical wireless switch? thank you very much vicente