Monday, April 12, 2004 1:58 AM Bülent Açy'kgöz replied: > [root@sbe-60 root]# ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:44:66:D3:32 > inet addr:144.122.85.60 Bcast:144.122.85.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:301403 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:115798 errors:14 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:51269291 (48.8 Mb) TX bytes:119416712 (113.8 Mb) > Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00 OK. Well, eth0 is up.... > [root@sbe-60 root]# ping 144.122.199.20 > PING 144.122.199.20 (144.122.199.20) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 144.122.199.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=1.69 ms And passing traffic.... > root@sbe-60 root]# mii-tool eth0 > eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link But mii-tool sees no link.... >From earlier posts it was clear that ethtool also sees no link. Quite strange indeed. Could I ask what ethernet hardware you're using? Also, a couple of other threads on ethernet problems had recommendations to change the functions that report the link status. Have you done any of that to your networking scripts? Eric Diamond eDiamond Networking & Security 303-246-9555 eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx