Ben Greear wrote: > There was another reference count bug in the arp state machine > that was fixed in 2.6.14 (or maybe 2.6.15, I don't remember precisely) > If you can reproduce this bug in 2.6.15 or later, it might be > something new. > Otherwise, you probably just need to upgrade the kernel. Now I am with 2.6.16.19. The thing what is happen is, that vlans are showed as up interfaces, but they are not. # rcnetwork restart vlan135 vlan135 IP address: 192.168.23.250/30 done vlan905 vlan905 IP address: 192.168.151.130/30 done Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done *********************** # ip addr ls 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1504 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:50:45:bb:d6:d4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 169.254.100.105/24 brd 169.254.100.255 scope global eth0 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:50:45:bb:d6:d5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.21.2/24 brd 192.168.21.255 scope global eth1 # dmesg vlan135: add 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address to master interface register_vlan_device: ALREADY had VLAN registered vlan135: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface vlan135: add 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address to master interface register_vlan_device: ALREADY had VLAN registered register_vlan_device: ALREADY had VLAN registered vlan905: add 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address to master interface register_vlan_device: ALREADY had VLAN registered vlan135: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface vlan905: del 01:00:5e:00:00:01 mcast address from master interface e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog_task: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex ******************* This is the full dmesg after restarting network service... > > The Intel driver and hardware is some of the best, so I doubt that that > is the problem. I am with the same opinion for the Intel network hardware. > > Ben > Best regards