On Wed, August 15, 2012 09:15, Reindl Harald wrote: > did you read the output you posted? > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unable+to+load+firmware+patch+rtl_nic%2Frtl8168d-1.fw r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: invalid firwmare > r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: unable to load firmware patch > rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw (-22) I cannot seem to find a fix for this even given the references provided. However, I have discovered that eth1 has problems on the second host as well, it just does not generate the same messages: [root at vhost02 ~]# grep eth /var/log/messages Aug 13 17:10:18 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 13 17:16:19 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 11:23:39 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 11:23:41 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 11:37:42 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 11:37:44 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 11:38:51 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 11:38:53 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 11:40:17 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 11:40:19 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 11:40:50 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 11:40:52 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 14 15:26:20 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 14 15:26:22 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 05:28:39 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 05:28:42 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 05:40:32 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 05:40:34 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 05:47:34 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 05:47:36 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 05:48:21 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 05:48:23 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:16:53 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:16:54 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:18:35 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:18:37 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:22:27 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:22:29 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:31:36 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:31:38 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:40:27 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:40:29 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:41:40 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:41:42 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 06:49:39 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 06:49:41 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:01:59 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:02:01 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:04:08 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:04:10 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:07:28 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:07:30 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:09:54 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:09:56 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:12:07 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:12:09 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:13:58 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:14:00 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:17:04 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:17:06 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:20:14 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:20:16 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 07:29:28 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 07:29:30 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 09:31:56 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 09:31:58 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up Aug 15 09:33:18 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link down Aug 15 09:33:20 vhost02 kernel: r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up So, my questions are: What is the problem and how do I fix it for both hosts? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3