On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Michael Patterson wrote: > I do this in /etc/networks/interfaces with: > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > hostname "****" > leasehours 1 > leasetime 3600 Don't specify a lease time or hours. Let the DHCP server decide that (usually about a week). > Making the change to static IP addresses shows the same behavior. Is your kernel compiled correctly? -- Baloo