network route disappearing: http calls = culprit?

["John M. Rulnick" <rulnick@beaver.wpi.edu>]

Could anyone with a working ethernet connection send me a tarball of
their debian networking setup files (e.g., by executing the
following -- ready to cut and paste!):

 tar cvf - /etc/init.d /etc/networks /etc/host* /etc/resolv.conf \
	/etc/gateways | gzip -9 | uuencode net.tgz > net.u
 mail rulnick@ece.wpi.edu < net.u

or could someone with networking experience send me a note?  I would
really appreciate it.  I posted a couple of weeks ago about randomly
losing my static network routes (and hence all networking
functionality).  Then I thought I fixed it by disabling 'routed'.
Well that didn't actually fix it.  So I've continued looking for
clues.  And I found what's causing the network route crash, but I
haven't ANY clue why.  Get this:

  My routes disappear when I use netscape (or lynx) to reach a 
  distant URL. 

I'm not making this up.  What the hell is wrong?  I click on a link
and *bang* I lose my routes (and the browser freezes).

I would be extremely appreciative if someone could lend a hand
resolving this troubling (and crippling) problem.  Thank you.


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