Michael Best wrote: > I'm having some really odd issues with the networking on this old > Intel se7501wv2 > > The network card onboard is an Intel Corporation 82546EB > > I'm getting quite a lot of "[Errno 4] Socket Error: timed out" when I > attempt to download updates on this machine. > > Other machines on my network do not appear to be plagued with the same > disconnect problems. > > Not sure what kernel flags I should try, I've tried noht and noapic at > the moment. > > I've also tried setting the network card to half duplex to see if that > helps. ethtool -s eth0 duplex half I've got a pair of se7501wv2 kit servers, both dual xeon 2.8Ghz, never had a bit of problem with the networking on them. maybe yours has a bad cable, network port, or even the nic has gone partially flake-o on you?