The IP address and netmask should hot be there. The DHCP daemon should set the card in promiscuous mode and listen for the DHCP server. Upon locating the server it will ask for and hopefully be assigned an IP address. 1) Is the DHCP daemon running and looking at the proper card< 2) Check the HWADDR against the ifconfig HWADDR and /etc/modules.conf information. 3) Is the server listening and hearing properly (cables, modems, and the like good). -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>