On 12/01/2010 11:11 PM, John Hodrien wrote: > > I've had Broadcom NICs just go off into their own little world requiring the > machine to be physically powered down and back up again before they'd start > working again. Replaced with an Intel quad port board (igb driver) and all > was decidedly well. I've seen that happen, too. I wouldn't recommend Broadcom gear, either.