Am 02. Mar, 2001 schwäzte Kevin Buettner so: > Have you tried isolating the box that you think you're having the > problems with? I.e, totally disconnect it from the network and > then hook it up via a crossover cable to your laptop. The problems > that you're running into sound really strange and I'm thinking it > might be good to be certain that they're really happening on the > box that you think they are. True, which is why I asked about how the ethernet segment really works. Didn't isolate the problem as you've suggested, but the problem finally went away. danke, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.YourCompanyHere.net ;-) # Help Jerry Lewis stamp out M$...oops that's MDA - der.hans