Happy new year all I am trying to configure my network connection on my amd desktop machine, but it wont auto detect and there is no roaming mode (im running a newly installed Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid OS. I have the output from ifconfig: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:87:35:aa:32 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:23 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:15684 (15.6 KB) TX bytes:15684 (15.6 KB) pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:93:61:a0:d3:80 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ I also have the correct output line from lspci output: 00Ethernet Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) Am I right in thinking the Hwaddr in eth0 should be something like 192.168.0.x? If so, can anyone tell me where the file is in the system so that I can edit it with the correct settings. Thank you Glenn.