hello all, i noticed that when i enable VMware on my laptop, i tend to lose networking connections intermittently. For example, a. while downloading a file the process hangs, b. when ssh'ing into a linux vmware session, the connection hangs c. netstat -rn .... gets stuck, unable to display route d. sometimes, it is ok ... I tried to DISABLE the VMWare driver, and the intermittent networking connection drops seem to be eliminated. environment: laptop DHCP'ing into a linksys DSL router in my home office; there are 2-3 other nodes connected to this router and do not experience the intermittent network drops. when i check the network configuration in the laptop (both VMWARE and the DHCP ip configuration) I noticed the following: VMWare 192.168.121.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.186.1 255.255.255.0 DHCP configuration: 192.168.1.102 255.255.255.0 is it possible that it is getting confused bec the subnet mask ? i am not sure how to resolve this ... - a. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list