Be sure to restart the network services after changing the IP configuration. service network restart <div>On 10/10/07, jones yeates <<a href="mailto:jones_yeates@hotmail.com"> jones_yeates@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Currently I am using DHCP to obtain an IP address for eth1. I have been given a static IP address to use, but when I try changing it, the change doesn't seem to get processed properly. Does anyone know how to give eth1 a static IP address and have it work? Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! <a href="http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122">http://www.freemessengeremoticons.ca/?icid=EMENCA122</a> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com"> K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div> -- Mel Wade "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." - BF Skinner <a href="http://www.melwade.com">http://www.melwade.com</a>