On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 09:25 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote: > please verify what ethtool reports when the cable isn't plugged in (and > mii-tool while you're at it). If the hardware doesn't tell the software > that the cable's not plugged in, there's not much we can do... [root@localhost ~]# mii-tool eth0 No MII transceiver present!. [root@localhost ~]# ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Cannot get device settings: Resource temporarily unavailable Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) Link detected: yes [root@localhost ~]# Rodd