Hello All. Thanks for the help.

What does ifconfig -a show?

shows "dummy0" and loopback.

# /etc/network/interfaces

This not only shows the lo but iface dummy0 inet static...then all the correct IP info I want for the real thing.

So to add a new interface you would add a line to this file like: iface eth0 inet <hostname-or-ip>

I've edited it to show "eth0" in place of dummy0 now. Can I do it like that? (I'll find out!) /modules.conf show many protocols to be loaded for ppp and suchlike, but no mention of eth0. It does have "options ne iox300 irq=10" I've edited in "alias eth0 ne" now just before the above line.. The card is a D-Link DE-220P, which uses the ne driver. (PnP) ifconfig -a still shows dummy0. I think I can officially say I am bewildered now. Using ifconfig to try and bring up eth0 shows eth0: unknown interface: No such device ne.c: No NE*000 card found at i/o = 0x300 Anyone? Jen.