Doug Coats spake the following on 8/13/2007 12:22 PM: >> Is the boards bios up to date? > > Yes > >> Do you have the proper alias entries in /etc/modprobe.conf? > > These are the relevent listings in the modprobe.conf > > alias eth0 r8169 > alias eth1 forcedeth I have seen this issue with other boards that use the forcedeth driver. I think there is some bug in how it interacts with the nic chipset, but haven't seen a current patch. There is a patch slated for 2.6.19 kernel, (http://lwn.net/Articles/199045/) and I am sure RedHat will backport this as soon as it is tested. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!