PHPTOm wrote: > On my debian box, the network connection "pauses". It is serving web pages > and I have samba set up, and it seems every minute or so the connection > drops. Sometimes for 30 seconds. Then it picks back up and I can connect > to it. Is this most likely a hardware issue? Anyone heard of this before? bad nic? check output of 'ifconfig' and look for any errors or retransmits. bad hub or switch on the network somewhere? I had a similar problem running NFS through a cheap linksys switch in the past. the switch appeared to freeze under high nfs traffic. removing it solved the problem. -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list