Justin Cormack wrote: Ok, sorry for my reaction at the morning. These are the modules before stopping the network: root@Anakin:~# lsmod Module Size Used by ipt_mac 1920 124 ipt_mark 1600 1 ipt_realm 1856 6 ipt_state 1856 3 ipt_MARK 2432 13 iptable_raw 1984 1 iptable_nat 23324 1 ip_conntrack 43128 2 ipt_state,iptable_nat iptable_mangle 2816 1 iptable_filter 2880 1 ip_tables 19520 9 ipt_mac,ipt_mark,ipt_realm,ipt_state,ipt_MARK,iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter pcspkr 3460 0 via_agp 9536 1 i2c_viapro 7952 0 i2c_core 21200 1 i2c_viapro 8021q 19912 0 sk98lin 166240 0 agpgart 34120 1 via_agp ************************************ These are the modules after removing iptables modules: root@Anakin:~# cat amods Module Size Used by pcspkr 3460 0 via_agp 9536 1 i2c_viapro 7952 0 i2c_core 21200 1 i2c_viapro 8021q 19912 0 sk98lin 166240 0 agpgart 34120 1 via_agp ************************************* This is the dmesg exactly before reboot: eth1: network connection down eth0: network connection down eth0.778: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from vlan interface eth0.778: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface eth0.2242: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from vlan interface eth0.2242: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 unregister_netdevice: waiting for eth0.2242 to become free. Usage count = 1 *************************************** After all these procedures systems hangs and I was reeboot it. I hope this information will be useful. best regards
