Rick wrote: >Uhm, hmmm. Try deleting the /var/lib/dhcpd/dhclient.leases* files. It That would imply that the OP was running dhcpd on one of his machines on the local network! Certainly if another machine on the network was being used as a dhcp server when NM made a dhcp call this could be the case.... Certainly worth checking... on all the other machines in his local network. -- mike