D. Stimits wrote: [...] > I'm trying to assign an alias for eth0:0, so that it can grab a dhcp > address as well (if I do just dhcp I can no longer talk to it, I don't > control the dhcp server). Did you look at the alias section of: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl5_dhclien.htm Maybe dhclient can do what you want for you. Dave