> It's not standard but I find it easier to manage than all the > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg*'s. All my network hacks are in one > file that I can just /etc/net.custom (did you know tab completion doesn't > work in e-mail?) and squash all the errors until I get it right. Is there a simplified version of this I can do? I don't want to abandon the ifcfg scripts altogether, I just want this to come up properly at boot time. > While we're on the subject, how do you flush the routing table? I do a > 'route -f' and it just returns the help screen telling me that a 'route > -f' should do the trick. Odd. > I do: ipchains -F input ipchains -F output ipchains -F forward Unless you have one chain which has no name (impossible) `ipchains -F' won't do a thing. There is something vague to this effect implied in the man page... ____________________________ Mike Neuharth ADCS Technology Specialist http://www.umn.edu/adcs E-Mail : mjn at umn.edu Page Mail : 6126486512 at page.metrocall.com http://nifty.dsl.visi.com/ ____________________________