On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:37:50 -0500 E Westphal wrote: > I've tried all the obvious things. Cables, router ports, rebooting etc. > It's quite strange. From a cold bootup, it's fine. Then about 45 minutes > later it starts to act up. None of the obvious things seem to help. > Then, about 90 minutes after bootup, everything is fine again! Rock > solid! Ethtool and anything else I've tried fails to yield any hints, > thus my question to all of you. It sounds very much like a hardware issue, more specifically a cold solder joint whose properties change as the unit warms up. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!