On Wednesday 04 May 2005 02:13 pm, hanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2005, Rick Stevens wrote: > > hanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: snip > > In the meantime, try "ethtool eth0 speed 100 duplex full" and see if > > that stops it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > > the log shows it is a RealTek RTL8139 (I can't find anything in the > paperwork just 10/100 T network interface and the machine is 30 min > away so it might be incorrect detection) I just have a hub no switch > so can't do anything on that side. The weird thing is it didn't do > this the first time I installed and xp overworte my grub setup. I'll > go try the ethtool after supper and see if it solves the problem. > Thanks > Linda With a hub replace full with half. I.E. On a xterm as root; [root@localhost root]# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex half (Mr Stevens forgot the -s) -- John H Ludwig Common sense is so rare, why do they call it common!!!