thx Jonas. think i'm all set tho, here are the contents of my /etc/network/interfaces: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp auto eth2 iface eth2 inet dhcp auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp -- ekiga is unusably slow https://launchpad.net/bugs/67652