Hi I am using verion 2.0.10 of Shorewall. My configuration is as follows: Eth1 dmz1 ------------| __________ | | | Eth2 dmz2 | FIREWALL |------| INTERNET | ----------| | _______ | |__________| | |---------| | ________ | _______ Eth3 dmz3|-----------| | net | |----| | | ----------------------| |-----------| SIWTCH |-------| PROXY | |-----------| | eth0 |________| |_______| Eth4 dmz4| |---------|_______| ----------| | | Eth5 dmz5 | ------------| In this configuration, if I connect directly to the switch in the diagram above, and use the proxy, it is lightning fast (as it should be). Whenever I connect on one of the interfaces behind the firewall (dmz1,dmz2,dmz3,dmz4,dmz5) it is extremely slow. The only thing running on the Firewall is the shorewall configuration files and services needed to run that. It is a P4 XEON 2.8GHZ DELL Power Edge 2600 running SCSI and 1GB of RAM. The load averages is under 0.40. Any Ideas? Regards Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> Hi > > I am using verion 2.0.10 of Shorewall. > > My configuration is as follows: >< barely decipherable ASCII art deleted>> > In this configuration, if I connect directly to the switch in the diagram > above, and use the proxy, it is lightning fast (as it should be). Whenever > I connect on one of the interfaces behind the firewall > (dmz1,dmz2,dmz3,dmz4,dmz5) it is extremely slow. > > The only thing running on the Firewall is the shorewall configuration files > and services needed to run that. It is a P4 XEON 2.8GHZ DELL Power Edge > 2600 running SCSI and 1GB of RAM. The load averages is under 0.40. > > Any Ideas?These are usually symptoms of a basic infrastructure problem such as your firewall''s eth0 interface or the cable between the firewall and the switch. Turn off Shorwall ("shorewall clear") and try running tests between the firewall and the proxy. The output of "ip -s link ls" may help show where errors are occuring also. Also be sure that all firewall interfaces have the same MTU. - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk4koO/MAbZfjDLIRAhhlAJ9gjk5/7xPifBXHk5esnqmDsO1xJACfRTFd PJHLCgwYUgoSx+YgcC9w42A=yP/7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Eastep wrote:> > These are usually symptoms of a basic infrastructure problemUnless of course you have done something silly like define a 100,000-entry blacklist with BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No... - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk4tMO/MAbZfjDLIRAgo6AJ4x9QNEnINQWQf5LGtRhMMOkFUXMACgm7Rl yQq+kWkmECb6TwRaOIaasF8=L+Jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
No, I haven''t a blacklist configured... Only 5 entries 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 261336 939 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 261336 939 0 0 0 0 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:02:b3:d4:d2:96 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 2364986126 45679057 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 2438942987 52931690 0 0 0 0 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:02:b3:d4:d1:03 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 665970170 7195820 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 393108911 1348718 0 0 0 0 4: eth2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:02:b3:d4:d3:5e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 926725240 41942457 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 2561118414 36030494 0 0 0 0 5: eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:02:b3:d4:d0:58 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 2570296015 16454201 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 939682488 12992639 0 0 0 0 6: eth4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:02:b3:d2:2a:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 3149917412 16462277 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 3723631996 18251250 0 0 0 0 7: eth5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:0b:db:92:43:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 4077503352 35272016 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 2629024661 31166627 0 0 0 0 I''m going to test without shorewall and send the results.. Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. -----Original Message----- From: shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net] On Behalf Of Tom Eastep Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:55 PM To: Mailing List for Shorewall Users Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Performance degrade going through firewall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Eastep wrote:> > These are usually symptoms of a basic infrastructure problemUnless of course you have done something silly like define a 100,000-entry blacklist with BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No... - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk4tMO/MAbZfjDLIRAgo6AJ4x9QNEnINQWQf5LGtRhMMOkFUXMACgm7Rl yQq+kWkmECb6TwRaOIaasF8=L+Jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Post: Shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net Subscribe/Unsubscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Support: http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm FAQ: http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm
With the "shorewall clear" command I get the same results. Can it be qdisc? I have read somewhere that it is best to set a Dell''s Gigabyte card to 100 Full duplex then let it to discover what speed to use. Not sure though Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. -----Original Message----- From: shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net] On Behalf Of Tom Eastep Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:55 PM To: Mailing List for Shorewall Users Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Performance degrade going through firewall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Eastep wrote:> > These are usually symptoms of a basic infrastructure problemUnless of course you have done something silly like define a 100,000-entry blacklist with BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No... - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk4tMO/MAbZfjDLIRAgo6AJ4x9QNEnINQWQf5LGtRhMMOkFUXMACgm7Rl yQq+kWkmECb6TwRaOIaasF8=L+Jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Post: Shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net Subscribe/Unsubscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Support: http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm FAQ: http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> No, I haven''t a blacklist configured... Only 5 entries >I didn''t think so since that would show up in the total CPU utilization. - From the ''ip'' output, it doesn''t look as though you are having any low-level link problems. - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk49VO/MAbZfjDLIRAptwAJ9xlMUZ4Cy5dG36mHX9lvPEv2fCRgCgqN3C UQhNrurPNJCbZVOoQCP8c+E=aA3B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> With the "shorewall clear" command I get the same results. Can it be qdisc? > I have read somewhere that it is best to set a Dell''s Gigabyte card to 100 > Full duplex then let it to discover what speed to use. Not sure thoughHow much traffic are you trying to pump through this box? - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk5POO/MAbZfjDLIRAr16AKDGDaltgTqHiEkjsaHsAOtttDY0WACgv2O5 X/BuSH22KgAT1cFfTkqycH8=lrM0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Well, my Internet traffic is limited to 3Mbps Downlink and 1Mbps UP. My Mail server and Web server are connected to that switch shown in the diagram I sent previously. All and All not mor than 50Mbps on eth0 and that''s the maximum. Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. -----Original Message----- From: shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net] On Behalf Of Tom Eastep Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:31 PM To: Mailing List for Shorewall Users Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Performance degrade going through firewall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> With the "shorewall clear" command I get the same results. Can it beqdisc?> I have read somewhere that it is best to set a Dell''s Gigabyte card to > 100 Full duplex then let it to discover what speed to use. Not sure > thoughHow much traffic are you trying to pump through this box? - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk5POO/MAbZfjDLIRAr16AKDGDaltgTqHiEkjsaHsAOtttDY0WACgv2O5 X/BuSH22KgAT1cFfTkqycH8=lrM0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Post: Shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net Subscribe/Unsubscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Support: http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm FAQ: http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> Well, my Internet traffic is limited to 3Mbps Downlink and 1Mbps UP. My > Mail server and Web server are connected to that switch shown in the diagram > I sent previously. All and All not mor than 50Mbps on eth0 and that''s the > maximum. >Sorry -- I''m out of ideas. Hopefully someone else on the list has a suggestion. - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk5bjO/MAbZfjDLIRAnAdAKCW/tN2j7d0CJ+zQtLTrXL24H6b8gCfQlmF X0wXobczMCsgiEAEDt0o1uM=P92l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Tx Tom, It''s just weird that with this machine''s configuration there is a bottleneck somewhere... I''ll change cables and eth0''s network card and do some tests. Anyone else have ideas, please let me know.... Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. -----Original Message----- From: shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net] On Behalf Of Tom Eastep Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:44 PM To: Mailing List for Shorewall Users Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Performance degrade going through firewall -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christo Louw wrote:> Well, my Internet traffic is limited to 3Mbps Downlink and 1Mbps UP. > My Mail server and Web server are connected to that switch shown in > the diagram I sent previously. All and All not mor than 50Mbps on > eth0 and that''s the maximum. >Sorry -- I''m out of ideas. Hopefully someone else on the list has a suggestion. - -Tom - -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBk5bjO/MAbZfjDLIRAnAdAKCW/tN2j7d0CJ+zQtLTrXL24H6b8gCfQlmF X0wXobczMCsgiEAEDt0o1uM=P92l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Post: Shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net Subscribe/Unsubscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Support: http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm FAQ: http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm
Christo Louw wrote:> Tx Tom, It''s just weird that with this machine''s configuration there is a > bottleneck somewhere... > > I''ll change cables and eth0''s network card and do some tests. > > Anyone else have ideas, please let me know....Your server has broadcom cards on board. I had problems with the bcm5700 module under Kernel 2.4.20. I now use the tg3 driver that works with this chipset, too. Please tell us kernel version/distribution you are using and wich driver-module is loaded for the cards. -- __________________________________________________ Ralf Schenk fon (02 41) 9 91 21-0 fax (02 41) 9 91 21-59 rs@databay.de Databay AG Hüttenstraße 7 D-52068 Aachen www.databay.de Sitz/Amtsgericht Aachen HRB:8437 USt-IdNr.: DE 210844202 Databay - einfach machen. _________________________________________________ Diese E-Mail und etwa angehängte Dateien enthalten vertrauliche Informationen und sind ausschließlich für den Adressaten bestimmt. Sollten Sie irrtümlich diese E-Mail erhalten haben, bitten wir Sie, uns darüber unter info@databay.de zu informieren und die E-Mail aus Ihrem System zu löschen. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify info@databay.de. If you are not the named recipient, you should return this message and delete it from your system.
The onboard card is a ether Intel Pro 10/100/1000 (82544GC Gigabit Ethernet Controller) and I have added 5 additional Intel Pro 10/100/1000 (82544EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller) cards. I''m running Red Hat kernel version (2.4.20-30.9smp). If you can tell me how to check the driver modules that I have loaded, I''ll gladly give that through... I''m using e1000 module. Christo Louw Technical Operations Manager Intra Data Communication Phone +258 1 49 4850 Fax +258 1 49 4968 Mobile MZ +258 (0) 84 402 469 Mobile SA +27 (0) 82 823 4683 www.intra.co.mz ________________________________ Everything in this e-mail and attachments relating to the official business of Intra LDA ("Intra") is proprietary to Intra. It is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Intra does not own and endorse any other content. Views and opinions are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Intra. The person addressed in the e-mail is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read, disclose or use the content in any way. Intra cannot assure the integrity of this communication and attachments has been maintained nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. Accordingly, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. -----Original Message----- From: shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces@lists.shorewall.net] On Behalf Of Ralf Schenk Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:11 PM To: Mailing List for Shorewall Users Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Performance degrade going through firewall Christo Louw wrote:> Tx Tom, It''s just weird that with this machine''s configuration there > is a bottleneck somewhere... > > I''ll change cables and eth0''s network card and do some tests. > > Anyone else have ideas, please let me know....Your server has broadcom cards on board. I had problems with the bcm5700 module under Kernel 2.4.20. I now use the tg3 driver that works with this chipset, too. Please tell us kernel version/distribution you are using and wich driver-module is loaded for the cards. -- __________________________________________________ Ralf Schenk fon (02 41) 9 91 21-0 fax (02 41) 9 91 21-59 rs@databay.de Databay AG Hüttenstraße 7 D-52068 Aachen www.databay.de Sitz/Amtsgericht Aachen HRB:8437 USt-IdNr.: DE 210844202 Databay - einfach machen. _________________________________________________ Diese E-Mail und etwa angehängte Dateien enthalten vertrauliche Informationen und sind ausschließlich für den Adressaten bestimmt. Sollten Sie irrtümlich diese E-Mail erhalten haben, bitten wir Sie, uns darüber unter info@databay.de zu informieren und die E-Mail aus Ihrem System zu löschen. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify info@databay.de. If you are not the named recipient, you should return this message and delete it from your system. _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Post: Shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net Subscribe/Unsubscribe: https://lists.shorewall.net/mailman/listinfo/shorewall-users Support: http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm FAQ: http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm
Christo Louw wrote:> > The onboard card is a ether Intel Pro 10/100/1000 (82544GC Gigabit Ethernet > Controller) and I have added 5 additional Intel Pro 10/100/1000 (82544EI > Gigabit Ethernet Controller) cards. I''m running Red Hat kernel version > (2.4.20-30.9smp). > > If you can tell me how to check the driver modules that I have loaded, I''ll > gladly give that through... I''m using e1000 module.Whenever I have problems trying to locate the correct card modules I just load the latest KNOPPIX http://www.knoppix.org/ version by way of CD-ROM and do an "lsmod", never fails.. -- Patrick Benson Stockholm, Sweden