Folks, I'm running SUSE Pro 9.3 on an Intel server board with two NICs built in (a GigE and a 10/100). I've since added a Netgear GigE as a 3d NIC. I'm trying to set this box up as a Samba server for a 2-subnet LAN that will have a mix of XP and SUSE machines. eth0 is supposed to face the Net (on ....1.2); the other two NICs are supposed to connect only to eth0 for access to the Net and to each other. The problem I'm having (or maybe not; I'm an extreme newbie with networking) is that every time I boot up the SUSE server, the NICs come out assigned differently: 1 boot: eth0 on 192.168.3.1 Intel GigE NIC eth1 on ...2.2 Intel 10/100 eth2 on ...3.1 Netgear 2 boot: eth0 on ...3.1 Intel 10/100 eth1 on ...1.2 Netgear eth2 on ...2.2 Intel GigE 3 boot: eth0 on ...1.2 Netgear eth1 on ...3.1 Intel GigE eth2 on ...2.2 Intel 10/100 and so on. Both IP address assignments to the NICs and which NIC is on a given ethx change, apparently at random. It would seem that cabling my subnets cannot be done if the NIC assignments keep changing on every boot up. How can I force the system to keep the NICs on a stable assignment--and one of my choosing? The above changes come whether I change the NIC assignments via YaST or do nothing at all before a reboot. Thanks for your help. Eric Hines There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. --Bertrand Russell