All your network scripts are in /etc/sysconfig/* The one you need to edit is the "network" file. This is roughly what you need to insert into the file somewhere. NETWORKING=yes GATEWAYDEV=ethx GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx FORWARD_IPV4=no HOSTNAME=(YourHostName) That should do it. AAAunderground wrote: > I have RH 7.1 on a box. I installed it without a nic. After installing the > nic and configuring the network everything is peachy. When I reboot (rarely) > ifconfig forgets about the default gw. It is a quick command to tell it whats > up, but needless. I know there must be an init file I need to update, I just > have yet to find the correct one. Can I get one clue? HTH, sim