Hello world! Man that was alem, anyway, I am installing sme server 8 on a third machine (I really like it but just practicing so far, none in production) but this is the first as as a gateway. The local network nic is working, but the internet connection nic is not getting an address from the cable terminal (I can't bring myself to call them a modem, sorry). I have a fair amount of knowledge with Debian, but very little with Redhat derivatives. ifconfig shows only eth0, my local nic. there is a dev5492 but it lists no ip address. I am working on a poweredge 840. The local network is the add on nic and the Internet is on the mobo nic. I just had a flash that the brand of the mobo nic (broadcom) is problematic with Linux. Any suggestions would be appreciated. If I should have included any other info, let me know. thx (I also tested the Internet connection by plugging another computer into the cable terminal and was connected right away, and yes I did power off the terminal, multiple times.)