Gene Heskett wrote: > But, anything that looks or acts like network manager has been removed > from my system. So any comments I might make about NM should be taken as > the best swag* I can make based on 18 years of running linux. NM is useful on notebooks that change locations, interfaces etc. If one uses a home network with many computers I would advise setting up proper dhcp and perhaps name server. You don't have to take care of each machines own files. But this is usually an individual preference. regards