Ben Greear wrote: > [snip] > > Maybe try unloading the iptables modules and see if > that has any affect? > > Ben > I do not thik so. So many machines - mine and not only are "restart" their network scripts without "unregister_netdevice" messages. Actually, if I unload the iptables modules this will be equal to reboot the system, and after a reboot everything is ok. I have two vlans eth0.778 and eth0.2242 on my NIC the first my mail was with : unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.778 to become free. Usage count = 1 the last one was with: unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1. The line through eth0.778 is 100mbit The line through eth0.2242 is 40mbit Load average of these lines is about 120-140mbit. Between 80mbit and 140mbit if I restart networking, often happened that I received messages like these... And from a short time "uregister_netdevice" is every time when network scripts are restarted. That is the situation right now. Thanks for advice but I don't think that the iptables modules will take affect. best regards