Hi Mick,

> What does the router log show?

Euh, how can I get it???

> Can you please share:
> ifconfig eth0

ifconfig eth0
eth0    Lien encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:8c:4a:44:db
           inet adr:169.254.79.43  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Masque:255.255.0.0
           adr inet6: fe80::21e:8cff:fe4a:44db/64 Scope:Lien
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:110 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:20708 (20.2 KiB)
          Interruption:17

/etc/conf.d/net

# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d.  To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).

config_eth0="dhcp"

In the box I stopped the option fixed adresses,
but the problem remains the same   :-(

Thanks for your answers
Roger