yes, _many_ thanks! that was it. i thank you a lot! this i would not have found alone. so no real bug, but pretty an annoyance. ;-)
akraix > Check if you have the package "zeroconf" installed. It is known to do > this kind of "helpful" automatic reconfiguration of NICs for an ad-hoc > network. If this little pest is present on your system then you should > purge it with great vengeance. (It often gets installed inadvertently as > a recommendation of some other networking-related package.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

