david walcroft: >>> Bringing up interface eth1: sysfs class device: Permission denied >>> Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.0.1. Tim: >> 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. david walcroft: > Tim, as far as I can tell Eth0 and Eth1 are the only cards on my system. Which did't really answer the question. Are you trying to assign the same IP address to the two of them at the same time (that won't work, not under the usual networking circumstances), or the same IP as on another computer on the same LAN? -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.