I just changed the format of the netstat so it would be more readable. also, I found a message that accurately describes the problem... http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2002-February/001688.html I also looked at the next message and I'm already running the eepro100 driver. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Charles R. Anderson [mailto:cra@WPI.EDU] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:36 AM To: 'wlug@mail.wlug.org' Subject: Re: [Wlug] weird ethernet problem... On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Keller, Tim wrote: Tim.Keller> here's what netstat -i gives me... Tim.Keller> Thanks, Tim.Keller> Tim. Tim.Keller> Tim.Keller> Iface: eth0 Tim.Keller> mtu: 1500 Tim.Keller> met: 0 Tim.Keller> rx-ok: 0 Tim.Keller> rx-err: 0 Tim.Keller> rx-drp: 0 Tim.Keller> rx-ovr: 0 Tim.Keller> tx-ok: 0 Tim.Keller> tx-err: 0 Tim.Keller> tx-ovr: 3 Tim.Keller> flg: BMRU That's a strange netstat. I've never seen output formatted like that before. tx-ovr (overruns) is the statistic to watch out for. What does lspci -v -v say about your ethernet card? Any other relavent dmesg output? -- Charles R. Anderson <cra@wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug