James Hatridge wrote:

2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether e0:cb:4e:a7:58:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.178.21/24 brd 192.168.178.255 scope global eth0

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is your IP address. You used a different one in the hosts file. Use this one. (The "/24" suffix at the end does not belong to the address that is to be put in the hosts entry.) But: If such a hosts entry will work in the future is a different question. That depends on your network infrastructure and the way your ethernet interface's IP addresses are defined. Standard home or SOHO environment is a DHCP server (often from a DSL router box) that serves out the same addresses to a system each time it's asked. If that's your environment, it will probably work for quite some time. Corporate environments or laptops that are connected to different networks over time are completely different beasts and are likely not to work after next boot or at the next network connection. HTH, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod, Roedermark, Germany Email: jschrod@acm.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org