> why don't you start with the kernel version and architecture? > -> uname -a This server is running centos 3.9 Linux server.domain.com 2.4.21-57.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed May 7 06:10:55 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > -> /var/log/messages relevant lines? There was nothing out of the ordinary in /var/log/messages. The logging just stops after the network card drops offline. dmesg also shows nothing out of the ordinary when the driver is loaded. The network card works fine until it is under heavy load. > -> /sbin/ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet addr:10.100.1.200 Bcast:10.100.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:56261 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:30199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:5969478 (5.6 Mb) TX bytes:3305868 (3.1 Mb) Interrupt:26 (MAC address was changed by me) > -> ethtool eth0 and ethtool eth1 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) Link detected: yes Settings for eth1: Supported ports: [ MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: Unknown! (0) Duplex: Half Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) Link detected: no _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos