On Tuesday 14 Jun 2011 20:45:30 Cahn Roger wrote: > > # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop > > # ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 up > > > > and post output of > > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop > * Caching service dependencies ... > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 9: broadcast : commande introuvable > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 10: netmask : commande introuvable > SIOCADDRT: Le fichier existe > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 9: broadcast : commande introuvable > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 10: netmask : commande introuvable > SIOCADDRT: Le fichier existe > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 9: broadcast : commande introuvable > /etc/init.d/../conf.d/net: line 10: netmask : commande introuvable You need to remove those lines that I asked you to type on the command line from the /etc/conf.d/net file - or look at the example file provided and use that to define static address/broadcast/netmask correctly. Typically something like: config_eth0="192.168.1.20/24" should do it. If you want to define a static route and dns server add: routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1" dns_servers_eth0="192.168.1.1" HTH. -- Regards, Mick