On a Linux work station I edited /etc/init.d/network and added at the bottom just before the last "exit 0", the following route add -net 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 when I restart the network (/etc/init.d/network restart) I get the message "SIOCADDRT: File exists" It works but is there a better place to be doing this??? Thanks George