Just for good luck, pull the 3c501 out and see if the loopback gets better. There's no reason it should, but this is easy to try :-) . Send us the output of the "ifconfig", "route", and "netstat -a" commands. That will help diagnose the situation. Thanks Bruce -- -- Attention Radio Amateurs: For information on "Linux for Hams", -- read the WWW page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, -- or e-mail the word "help" to info@hams.com