This is odd, (VERY) when surfing its okay, however, when downloading like new iso image files, or ftping... the ethernet connection seems to come to a crawl, then stops (cold) (please note: in Window XP (oops) there was never a problem in downloading. <little grin>
Here is my snap of ifconfig -a ----------------------------- $ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:25:28:93:B3 inet addr:24.92.160.221 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.248.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1 RX packets:159889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:33 TX packets:46346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:33793861 (32.2 MiB) TX bytes:3929165 (3.7 MiB) Interrupt:50 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A5:41:E4:99 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) --------------------------------------------------------- Here is a dump of lspci -vv ( just the ethernet eth0 ) Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10) Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0506 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58 Region 0: Memory at c0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: I/O ports at a000 [size=256] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+ Address: 00000000fee00000 Data: 403a Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0 Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag- Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd- Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Port 3 Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch- Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting ---------------------------------------------------- Here is the dump of lspci -vvn (eth0) 02:00.0 0200: 11ab:4351 (rev 10) Subsystem: 107b:0506 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58 Region 0: Memory at c0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: I/O ports at a000 [size=256] Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+ Address: 00000000fee00000 Data: 403a Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0 Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag- Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd- Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Port 3 Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch- Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting ------------------------------------------------------------- Again, this is very frustrating having to reboot, to fix this problem when it stalls... Thanks - in Advance. Rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]