On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > Just got a brand spanking new install of debian (thanks Zibby) on my old > > box, it's function is to act as a firewall, web server and broadband > > internet router. I have 2 Linksys Ethernet cards installed. My problem is > > that eth0 decides to die at random times, this is a problem and my parents > > are getting pissed and want me to put things back the way they were since it > > worked fine before this box. I don't wanna get rid of the box, and need a > > solution. Any ideas why it' dies. > > got any other boards you can replace it with? I'd suspect a bad board. > I've had a bad experience with a Linksys KVM switch, and I'll avoid their > products like the plague from now on. And this is how superstitions get started... ;) Has anything changed re PCI/ISA card combinations in adding the new card? I've had to westle with reserving interrupts so they don't get stolen by the PCI controller. Odds are there's nothing wrong with anything, but perhaps a BIOS setting could be more nearly correct. 2 cents... Phil M -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous