On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 16:11 +0100, Eric Doutreleau wrote: > i have a lab with fedora core 4 machine with a network card > 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet > Controller (rev 02) > > and from time to time the network seems not working anymore. > > after a few second the network goes up again. > > The result is that i lose about 30% of packet. > > when i boot windows on the same machine i have the same problem. That does seem to suggest a hardware fault (a bad NIC, or the combination of your motherboard and NIC). Can you try a different one? -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.