IP Address Problems

[Derek Broughton]

dan wrote:

> On 09/01/06, dan <hentaidan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 09/01/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> > However, I can't see why you should need to deconfigure eth0 before the
>> > system shuts down, or why it would make any difference to what happens
>> > at start up.
> 
> Oh and I deconfigure eth0 before I shut down to stop it from
> connecting with the "wrong" IP address at boot.

Yeah, I understood that, but that's the thing that _really_ has me stumped. 
It just shouldn't make any difference.
-- 
derek