Hi, I just did a new observation, this only seems to happen with udp packets... Ie, i'm now transferring with ftp instead of nfs and it doesn't die. if a udp packet is delayed and not sent, shouldn't it just be dropped? I mean instead of restarting the network card? Esp when it can kill a alta card after a while (ie reboot == only option since it just refuses to go online again.) -- Ian Kumlien -- http://pomac.netswarm.net