OK this morning I added a 3com card. It is seen by the nas and works fine as long as the ip address is in the 130.xxx.xxx.xxx range as soon as I set it to 172.xx.xxx.x range then the card responds for about 15 minutes then hangs up.


Network controllers

3Com Corporation 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Network drivers:
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver
SysKonnect SK-NET Gigabit Ethernet SK-98xx driver
SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet driver



have sent support at eopen a copy of the log files