On Dec 11, 2007 11:45 AM, phil prentice <philp.cheer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, I will try ethtool. By the way I needed 10Mbps because I'm trying to > communicate with an old system which only supported 10. I just dont > understand why one laptop works fine and the other does not and was wondering > if there was some standard reason why this might be happening. So you are connecting to a device that isn't a hub or switch? Could it be as simple as needing a crossover cable? The one that works might be Auto-MDX. -- William Hooper