On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:27:03 -0800, "Eric Niebler" <ericne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Just another thought. My computer is behind a rather old SMC router. With MTU set at the default 1500, I have all sorts of obscure problems. I reset it 1400 and things seem much better. (To set the MTU, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifconfig-eth0 and add MTU=1400) -- Steve