> When I added the second NIC via
> redhat-config-ethernet, it apparently
> replaced my default gateway IP from the
> .1 subnet with the .2 subnet gateway
> IP.  When I forced the default route
> back to the .1 gateway IP, it quit
> whining.  So the redhat tools caused
> the problem.

That confirms there's nothing that competes with direct editting of files from
shell, if something goes wrong, you know it's something you did (or didn't do)
and not something that other software did.

Michael.