On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 09:58 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Bringing up interface eth1: sysfs class device: Permission denied > Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.0.1. Does some other host on the same network have the same address? Other than for special circumstances, requiring special configuration, each interface should have a unique IP address. That includes different interfaces on the same computer. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.