Hello, While trying to fix my monitor's invalid scan problem, I rebooted the machine. When it came back up, sshd failed to start. A glance in /var/log/messages shows: Feb 18 17:42:11 dragoon sshd[16878]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. Feb 18 17:42:11 dragoon sshd[16878]: fatal: Cannot bind any address. When I do a netstat -rn, I get this: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.1.99 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 ippp0 217.5.98.42 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 ppp0 192.168.1.100 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth1 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 ppp0 /etc/route.conf looks like this: 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 eth0 192.168.1.100 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 eth1 192.168.1.99 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 ippp0 default 192.168.1.100 0.0.0.0 eth1 I am wondering if I should change the gateways for the different interfaces. For example, 192.168.1.0 is my local network address and the NIC that the local traffic passes through (eth0) has the IP 192.168.1.3. Should 192.168.1.3 be eth0's gateway? Since eth1 is the NIC attached to my DSL connection, should it have its own IP as the gateway? Same for ippp0 my ISDN card? Everything else would get the default (eth1)? TIA, Sean -- Theo. Sean Schulze tschulze@nuthole.de "[T]he key to maintaining leadership in the economy and the technology that are about to emerge is likely to be the social position of knowledge professionals and social acceptance of their values." -- Peter Drucker