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> To make this problem even stranger, I can make a connection from the
> server to a workstation without issue.  It appears to only be incoming

   We've seen something very similar to this; we assumed it was
   EEPROM corruption.

   Is this a Dell PowerEdge by chance?

   Do you have TSO enabled? (-tso or tso flag in $ifconfig_emX)

   Does appending "up" to the end of if $ifconfig_emX solve the problem?

~BAS

> connections.
>
> Thanks again,
> --Brian
>
>