OK, here is the deal. I have Mandrake 8.0, Window$ 98 and RR, 98 has no problem is connectivity to RR but Linux is sporatic. It seems as if it keeps dropping off and reconnecting, I can get a few packets of data, then it will hang up and/ or stall depending on the program. I have configured eth0 to the IRQ that my REALTEK 8029 (AS) is on in my BIOS but I still get the same problem. I had Mandrake 7.1 installed earlier this year on my laptop with the same effect so I've pretty much eliminated it being soley a hardware problem. It could be the keyboard/ mouse actuator (ME) but I'm fairly certain that it is on the RR end of things. At this time RR does not support Linux so I'm needing help from the vast wealth of knowledge here. Please help.