On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 13:39 -0400, Gautam Thaker wrote: <snip> > Any hints welcome. The "/sbin/ifconfig eth2 up 192.168.0.2" command > returns right away, but the interface is not ready to go for a few > seconds. What can this be due to? Well, for one thing, it could be the switch you are connected to that is "blocking" traffic until it is sure "what you are". There are a few protocols built in to networking hardware that can cause this. Google for "Spanning Tree Protocol".... --Rob
