What exactly sets up the correspondence between interfaces and LANs, eg (in my case) eth1 <-> 192.168.2.0 ? I don't see any file in /etc/sysconfig , say, where this is specified. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland