Ok, looks like upgrading will be a real pain once more . And as usual with the scripts. Here it is : 2 NICS working perfectly well, if I ifconfig them manually : no pb. I have 2 ifcfg-ethX coming from my previous install. Redhat refuses to take values from them !!! I put an echo in the ifup script for the device, ip and netmask : eth0 0.0.0.0 2550.0.0.0.0 what the hell is that meaning ????? thanks Philippe -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.