Any relevant messages in logs?. Assuming we're talking about eth0
grep eth0 /var/log/messages
Some cards have issues when RX/TX offload is enabled. To check: ethtool -k eth0
To disable offload (taken from help):
ethtool -K|--offload DEVNAME Set protocol offload [ rx on|off ] [ tx on|off ] [ sg on|off ] [ tso on|off ] [ ufo on|off ] [ gso on|off ] [ lro on|off ]
If that doesn't work, the last thing to try is changing the kernel module for the published by Via at http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/drivers.jsp, I assume the needed file would be http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/velocity_linux_v1.41.zip.
The easier way out would be to get a Intel or Broadcom NIC.
Thanks for all the help. I was not able to set the offloads. rx/tx are set to on, but every time I try to change them it says it can't: # ethtool -k eth0 Offload parameters for eth0: rx-checksumming: on tx-checksumming: on scatter-gather: off tcp segmentation offload: off udp fragmentation offload: off generic segmentation offload: off large receive offload: off # ethtool --offload eth0 rx off Cannot set device rx csum settings: Operation not supported I did try that driver, but I'm not able to compile it on SLES11SP1. I posted to Via's forum but got no responses. I'd prefer that I use NICs that work instead of dealing with compiling anyway. I will have to try and get some NICs that work, possibly as you suggest Intel or Broadcom. Thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org