Is an old problem, you didn't configure the local interface (lo) or, probabely, if the whole server is down you didn't start the network services at all. If your distribution is RedHat based try as user root the following command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start Hope that helps Mircea C. hikmat@laurel.4com.net.lb wrote: > > hi, > i'm getting a neighbour table overflow message > can anyone help me , our web server is down and i can't seem to > find how to fix the problem > time is critical > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu