Hmmmmm sounds like possible duplex issue I try to add this to my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file at the bottom ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 100 duplex full autoneg off" So that it always boots as we desire. You can modify as you need or run ethtool as desired man ethtool - rh _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos