>> I've also setup a "/etc/ifconfig.ep0" file to attempt to startup the lan
>> connection when it boots.  It's contents are the single line:
>> 
>> inet spinner 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.255 link0 link1
>> 
>> Dispite all this, I still get a network unreachable or "No route to host.",
>
>I see at least two problems here:

>	(1) for whatever reason, in the ifconfig -a extract above,
>	    your ep is 'down.'


i pointed this out to Alicia in email (since it bit wustl too), but
i suppose i should post it to the list as well:

the format of /etc/hostname.xx0 is different than the format 
of /etc/ifconfig.xx0.   

hostname.xx0 looks like:

inet myname 255.255.255.0 128.252.153.255 

becomes this in ifconfig.xx0:

inet myname netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 128.252.153.255
            ^^^^^^^               ^^^^^^^^^

it is very easy to get used to the old format and not realize
that the new format is different.   this caused one of wustl's
"de" interfaces to be 'down' after boot.

chuck