I believe they should go into /etc/network/interfaces. You should also have a networking script in /etc/init.d and the appropriate symlinks in the /etc/rc.x directories. Lou > To set up my ADSL router I have to do: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > route add default gw 192.168.1.2 eth0 > > > Where is the correct Debian place to put these - /etc/network/interfaces > perhaps, or should they go in rc.local?