This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C2B1D2.82EFFE50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well I am back up and running but I did experience some problems. Mainly = when I shut down and then rebooted my Linux box the eth0 failed and then = the eth1 failed also. When I checked into it I found that eth1 had been = set up with the same IRQ and I/O assignments as eth1. After I changed = them it works good. Anyway I'll ask once more: Is this the way Linux = works? Do I have to re-configure the NIC's everytime I have to reboot = for some reason or is there something I am failing to do here? Any help = is appreciated. Happy New Year to all. Cliff ------=_NextPart_000_0049_01C2B1D2.82EFFE50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable