Thanks Tom and Rich ... Here's a hint ... don't hardcode IP addresses in your host file when = working with DHCP. Grrrrrrrrrr :( Got it working now. Still have to manually create tnsnames and listener = ... but that's a small price to pay. Ciao Fuzzy :-) ---------------------------------- "Everything you think, do, and say was in the pill you took today." -- Zager and Evans > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of=20 > Mercadante, Thomas F > Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2004 00:38 > To: 'Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; Grant Allen; ORACLE-L (E-mail) > Subject: RE: Manual steps in RAC setup ... is it just me? >=20 >=20 > I always say "cancel" for network configuration and just copy=20 > our standard > sqlnet.ora, tnsnames.ora and ldap.ora to the network/admin directory. >=20 > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l