I have tried a number of things to stop the incessant beeping from the wireless network card when it drops the link and acquires it again. Nuting the speaker, plugging in head phones, etc. does no good and volume control has no effect. Tried some mods to ifplud config file with absolutely no effect. Here is the info from /var/log/messages file Feb 6 06:30:24 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: Link beat lost. Feb 6 06:30:25 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: Link beat detected. This continues about every 10 seconds.and was going this morning when I came into work. This occured about 5 times last night for several minutes each time. I can stop it by executing ifplugd -i eth1 -k then start it again with ifplugd -i eth1, then route add default gw 192.168.11.1. The route del default gw 10.18.32.1 seems to hold without having to redo it. Here is what I get in the /var/log/messages file when I execute the commands above. Notice the DHCP lease time is infinit. If I execute /etc/init.d/network restart Feb 6 08:55:19 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 down'. Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: client: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifdown: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: client: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifdown: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: Program executed successfully. Feb 6 08:55:20 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[6205]: Exiting. Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing. Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Using interface eth1/00:18:DE:18:05:FC with driver <ipw3945> (version: 1.1.0d) Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected. Feb 6 08:55:26 linux-latitude kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready Feb 6 08:55:27 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Link beat detected. Feb 6 08:55:28 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 up'. Feb 6 08:55:28 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: client: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 08:55:28 linux-latitude ifup: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 08:55:28 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: client: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 08:55:28 linux-latitude ifup: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude ifup-dhcp: Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude ifup-dhcp: . Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude dhcpcd[11436]: infinite IP address lease time. Exiting Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude ifup: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude ifup: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude SuSEfirewall2: Warning: ip6tables does not support state matching. Extended IPv6 support disabled. Feb 6 08:55:29 linux-latitude SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude ifup-dhcp: IP/Netmask: 192.168.11.7 Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude ifup-dhcp: / 255.255.255.0 Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: client: Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . IP/Netmask: 192.168.11.7 / 255.255.255.0 Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude ifup-dhcp: Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude SuSEfirewall2: batch committing... Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude ifplugd(eth1)[11327]: Program executed successfully. Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set Feb 6 08:55:30 linux-latitude syslog-ng[3263]: SIGHUP received, restarting syslog-ng Feb 6 08:55:31 linux-latitude kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- Feb 6 08:55:31 linux-latitude syslog-ng[3263]: new configuration initialized Feb 6 08:55:37 linux-latitude kernel: eth1: no IPv6 routers present Feb 6 09:52:40 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth0 device: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) Feb 6 09:52:40 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth0 configuration: eth-id-00:15:c5:bf:83:57 Feb 6 09:52:40 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth0 ifplugd is running Feb 6 09:52:40 linux-latitude ifplugd-selectif: eth0 cable is connected Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus-dhcp: eth0 DHCP client (dhcpcd) is running Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth0 IP address: 10.18.32.41/24 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth1 device: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth1 configuration: wlan-bus-pci-0000:0c:00.0 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth1 is prepared for use with ifplugd Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifplugd-selectif: eth1 is probably associated Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifplugd-selectif: eth1 has lesser priority than 'eth0' Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus-dhcp: eth1 DHCP client NOT running Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus-dhcp: eth1 IP address: 192.168.11.7/24 (DHCP) Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: eth1 IP address: 192.168.11.7/24 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: vnic0 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude syslog-ng[3263]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/xconsole Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude syslog-ng[3263]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty10 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: No configuration found for vnic0 Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: lo Feb 6 09:52:41 linux-latitude ifstatus: IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 Feb 6 09:53:09 linux-latitude kernel: st: Version 20050830, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 Feb 6 09:55:31 linux-latitude syslog-ng[3263]: STATS: dropped 0 However, eth1 does not work. I have to execute ifplugd -i eth1 -k then start it again with ifplugd -i eth1, then route add default gw 192.168.11.1 and route del default gw 10.18.32.1. the ifplugd.config has been modified on the following lines INTERFACES="eth0 eth1" (was INTERFACES="eth0" ARGS_eth0="-afI -u0 -d10" ARGS_eth1="-abfI -u0 -d10" (was ARGS="-afI -u0 -d10") That had no effect. Any other suggestions on how to stop this beepeing would be most welcome. Would also like to get the eth1 interface to come up automatically but need to get this beeping stopped first. Art -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org