OM, reconfiguring is extremely simple and you'll probably have an easier time doing that than the alternative solution unless there are better solutions than what I can think of off the top of my head. 1) reconfiguring: If eth2 and eth1 are the same type of NICs, go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and modify the properties of ifcfg-eth2 and ifcfg-eth1 and then type "service network restart" at command line and your NICs would be reconfigured to each other's addresses etc. 2) no reconfiguring: Turn off network activation during startup: chkconfig network stop then in place the lines in the file /etc/rc3.d/S99local ifup eth2 ifup eth1 in the above mentioned order and I'm guessing that would startup eth2 before eth1. never tried it but logically it might work. Hope it helps \R -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
