Jonathan Allen wrote: >/etc/resolv.conf: > > domain barumtrading.co.uk > nameserver 158.152.1.58 > nameserver 158.152.1.46 Usually the first line of the resolv.conf is "search machine_name" ... maybe change "domain" to "search" and try to restart the network. >ifcfg-eth0: > > # Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=none > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > HWADDR=00:D0:09:D1:14:57 > IPADDR=192.168.1.6 > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > ONBOOT=yes > GATEWAY=192.168.1.126 > TYPE=Ethernet > USERCTL=no > IPV6INIT=no > PEERDNS=yes If you have PEERDNS=yes then in principle you will allow /etc/resolv.conf to be overwritten. I would use PEERDNS=no Also if you want not to have /etc/ntp.conf overwritten you could add PEERNETP=no If you make these changes and restart the network and the interface (or re-boot) does it now work? -- mike