I got a related (or the same?) problem with Ubuntu 9.04, which I hadn't had with previous versions. After installation, the system would automatically attempt to connect DHCP. But after a few days it stopped doing that, and if I want to get a DHCP connection I have to explicitly request it by sudo dhclient Any lights? Tom Toffoli _________ BU LUG: http://lug.bu.edu. To unsubscribe, email bulug-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field.