can not ping other hosts with VT6105 Rhine-III on 2.4

[Bill Kalebaugh <billk@lvnworth.com>]

I have two computers running through a hub.  Computer Bills will ping 
the other computer OK with
2.2.20 woody running but if I try to upgrade to 2.4.xx I can not ping 
anything but its self.
I have tried 2.4.18, 2.4.20, 2.4.21 & 2.4.23.
Suse 8.2 works and pings hosts with 2.4.xx on this same computer.

I upgrade the other computer Bill2 from 2.2.20 to 2.4.xx and it works 
just fine.

I have tried ever thing I can think of with no luck.

Any body have any Ideas???

Host Name        Bills
Domain        POGO
Processor        AMD Athlon Xp 2000+ (K7) speed 1.67GHz 256kB
Mainbboard        SOYO KT400 Ultra (KT400-8235)
   Buses    ISA, AGP, PCI, i2c/SM Bus
   Bios    Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
   Chipset    VIA Technologies VT8377 Apollo KT400 CPU to PCI Bridge
       VIA 8235 South Bridge
       KT400 North Bridge
Video    ADP    MSI MS-StarForce4 MX440  (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440)
   Monitor    EMC PRO-VIEW 19" PX-998 9JL-SCY-HP182 MPR II
       SER# FEBL8A070768U  SU PX988
       Horizontal 30-98KHz   Vertical 50-150Hz
Hard Disk        Maxtor 5T030H 30 GB
CD-ROM        LG CD-ROM CRD-8521B
DVD        Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D
Floppy        NEC 3.5" 1.44MB
USB        VIA Technologies 3038
Keyboard        IBM Standard 101
Mouse        Microsoft Wheel Mouse PS/2
Sound        Creative SB Live  (WDM)
Multimedia        AverDVD EZMAKER WDM Video Capture BT-848
Printer        HP LaserJet 4Si MX
Network    ADP    VIA VT6102 Rhine-II  PCI FAST ETHERNET 100 Mbit


   Debian           
Xfree86    4.2.1
make    3.77
size    2.95
insmod    2.1.121
proc    2.2.12

Host Name        Bill2
Domain        POGO
Processor        Intel Pentium4 2 Ghz 512 on board Cache
Mainbboard        P4PB400
   Buses    ISA, AGP, PCI, Firewire/1394, i2c/SM Bus
   Bios    Award 6.00 PG
   Memory    512 MB
   Chipset    VIA 8235 South Bridge
       VIA P4X400 / P4X266E North Bridge
Video    ADP    Matrox MGA Mystique 220  4 MB
   Monitor    EMC PRO-VIEW 19" PX-998 9JL-SCY-HP182 MPR II
       SER# FEBL8A070768U  SU PX988
       Horizontal 30-98KHz   Vertical 50-150Hz
Hard Disk        Maxtor 20 GB
CD-ROM        HP CD-Writer+9100
USB        VIA Technologies 3038
FireWire/1394 C/H    PCI OHCI
Keyboard        Compaq Standard 101
Mouse        Microsoft Wheel Mouse PS/2
Sound        VIA AC`97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM)
Multimedia        1394 from ADVC100
Printer        HP LaserJet 4Si MX
Network    ADP    VIA VT6105 Rhine-III  PCI FAST ETHERNET 100 Mbit


   Debian
Xfree86    4.0.1
GCC    2.91.66 or 2.7.2.3
make    3.77
size    2.95
insmod    2.1.121
proc    2.2.12

Thanks Bill K