You probably cannot edit rc scripts from DOS. There is a problem with CR/LF (unless you use Unix-like editor). This file allow you to edit IP adress from DOS rather than edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1. Alias for apropriate module for network card must be correctly set (in /etc/modules.conf). The line below is fatal. Change to `CONFIGURE YES' if you would like to be a wizard... `CONFIGURE NO' - everything here will be ignored during startup. CONFIGURE NO # line for modprobe (to load apropriate module for network card) MODULE ne io=0x340 NAME monkey # REPLACE with name you wish DOMAIN frop.org # REPLACE with your domain IPADDR 192.168.1.2 # REPLACE with YOUR IP address. NETMASK 255.255.255.0 # REPLACE with YOUR netmask. NETWORK 192.168.1.0 # REPLACE with YOUR network address. BROADCAST 192.168.1.255 # REPLACE with YOUR broadcast address, if you # have one. If not, comment them out. GATEWAY 192.168.1.250 # REPLACE with YOUR gateway address. DNSSERVER 192.168.1.1 # REPLACE with IP address of your DNS SERVER, if # you have one, If not, comment them out. # You may comment out the line by adding a # to # the beginning of the line.