hello to all i am using a mchine as "ftp" having ip address 10.*.*.* with OS linux redhat 9. this machine is runing continuncley from last 10 months.But is suddnly stop responding when i cheak the IP address then there is no IP on the LAN card. i give it an IP address of same as it using before but when i start the network it give the following error message Brining up interface eth1: Error some other host already usese the address 10.*.*.* i conformed that no other machine is using this IP. i also try to use the other IP address but the same message is displayed.i cant understand the problem plz any one help me urgent. reguards to all of u Dogar