I have to jump into this NIC thread to say that my impression is bad card-edge connecting, as described in other messages in this thread. One of the list group mentioned accumulations of out-of-tolerances. Dirty contacts were mentioned. I'd have to begin right there, since it was stated that pushing in on the card would alleviate the symptoms. I'm no expert, just someone with a strong inclination to get that much off my chest about the misbehaving NIC.
Sometimes a ridiculous example serves a purpose, so let's say you could afford to hire someone cheaply to keep their thumb on the NIC and hold it in for you when you need ftp transfers. That would solve the problem, right? Therefore, having no such person, the trick is to secure a good connection in some other, more practical manner... Jay suburban Philadelphia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
