I am having a problem with the network configuration.
each time I startup my computer I have to run

/etc/init.rd/networking restart

to get the network connection working. I have my
/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/network/interfaces configured
to reflect my static ip settings.

so is there any other scripts that I can edit so that I can
get the network running upon startup instead of entering
the previous command each time I boot the computer ???

I am using debian (woody).
thanx in advance

Could you post your /etc/network/interface settings?

here they r where the * r just for screening .

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address ***.**.**.***
netmask ***.***.***.*
gateway ***.**.**.**


so what do u think?

You have have some lines missing - here's mine as example;

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.1
broadcast 192.168.0.255
I would also remove the gateway unless you specifically want this. My connecction to the adsl router contains it;

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 10.0.0.10
netmask 255.0.0.0
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255
gateway 10.0.0.2

I think the problem is your lack of network address. You might also want to add names and addresses to your hosts file as well.

Ehm, I think the /etc/init.d/networking script isn't running at boot.
If your network works after running /etc/init.d/networking restart, there is no need to edit /etc/network/interfaces.

In your /etc/rcS.d/ directory there should be a symbolic link:
S40networking -> ../init.d/networking

If it's not there try adding it, and then rebooting.

I solved finally the problem with upgrading the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6.

Thanx 4 ur help