> remove (save!) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* > remove in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf your nic >and let kudzu do his job again > # kudzu > check > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* > and > /etc/modprobe.conf > for the correct settings eth0, eth1 I've done all this - deleted hwconf, ifcfg* anything that looked related in order to force re-detection. End result, two NICs on eth0 !!!!!!!!! Think I'll download the latest 2.6 kernel from kernel.org and see where that takes me. Richard.