I would periodically get this message and have the interface go unresponsive. An up/down wouldn't reset it. Updating to rev 1.4 of if_bce.c seems to fix it. Is this suitable for MFC to -STABLE? -- Eric Hodel - drbrain at segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant http://trackmap.robotcoop.com