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Subject: Re: hmm
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> > de0: flags=c863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK2,MULTICAST> 
> > 
> > However, this is a PCI SMC ethernet. I thought these were more advanced! 
> > Are they? Is something configured wrong?
> 
> No!  Nothing is wrong.  Simplex is _normal_ for ethernets.  It's possible

Ok, thanks for the followup! My network has been acting very wierd lately 
and I'm turning over all the possiblities trying to solve the problem(s).