Antonio Montagnani wrote: > I see that HWadrr and inet6 address are reversed.. > what does it mean???? help please As a matter of interest, what happens if you add HWADDR=52:54:05:E5:82:46 to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland