A minor correction ... I've defamed the good name of SMC. The problem we had was with a _Linksys_ hub. We _did_ have an SMC 10-mbit hub die when a component blew (leaving a fine spray of carbon on the circuit board), but that may have been a reaction to a major power surge. Calvin -- Calvin Dodge Certified Linux Bigot (tm) http://www.caldodge.fpcc.net