>> "dj" == damaged justice <frogfarm@geocities.com> writes: dj> the Debian setup, despite the identical config. The only IP dj> address slinky (the debian name) can ping is itself (and yes, it's dj> the LAN number and not the loopback alias). Bad craziness. ifconfig eth0 reports the right values? Install tcpdump and check the networktraffic for more hints. Ciao, Martin