> you will first need to know what the dmesg lists each netowrk as, how do you mean that? i did a dmesg and just see the cards being loaded.
> then you can use /etc/interfaces to configure as needed i don' get the syntax of that file. consulting "man interfaces" makes me do the following: #interface to outside auto lo eth0 # this because it defaults to 10.0.0.111 anyway # #interface to inside auto lo eth1 # #and now configuring eth1: iface eth1 inet static adres 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 but it doesn't work:( any hints? markus -- (c) All Rights Recycled