Okay I only used the exclamation marks to get your attention. My problem is that I had to change my IP address from dhcp to static to setup my dlink broadband router then I changed eth0 back to dhcp. Now upon rebooting my laptop if I don't have my cable plugged in it takes along time for it to get past the configuring network option. Then the "Configuring Network Option" tries to ping 192.168.0.1 and has to timeout before the machine comes on up. Where would the 192.168.0.1 be coming from??? My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this for eth0
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]