Damon L. Chesser wrote: > I surmised the meaning of the -a switch by running it and I also did the > ifconfig --help and found, like you, it was listed but no meaning given. > I was just baffled by a switch not listed. Learn something new every > day. > > Have you checked support.dell.com for a nick driver? I don't know about > the linux versions as I have not worked on Dell linux boxes, but the > windows versions have updated drivers there for all the components like > TOE (not applicable to you as the TOE feature does not work in linux). > Perhaps you just need an updated driver for the Gigabyte NIC? > Checked for an updated driver, didn't see anything. Swapped in the Intel pro1000/100/10, didn't see a change in the behavior. Going to try the x86_64 version, and if that doesn't work, probably just go back and run it on FreeBSD. Not to say that I can't be bothered to figure out what the problem is, I'm just at a loss and not getting a response out of linux-poweredge yet either. We'll see, the jury's still out :) Peter -- Peter Serwe <peter at infostreet dot com> http://www.infostreet.com "The only true sports are bullfighting, mountain climbing and auto racing." -Earnest Hemingway "Because everything else requires only one ball." -Unknown