Ewwwww...DHCP on a server (or was this your client? -- I forgot). Glad = you were able to figure it out! The next step is to install RAC on two boxes, each using DHCP for the = public AND private nets... ;) Rich -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:33 PM Subject: RE: Manual steps in RAC setup ... is it just me? 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 :-) > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2004 00:38 > 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 -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l