Hi. Sorry for late reply. itojun> >> it panics near if_vlan.c line 660 (in vlan_ether_purgemulti). itojun> >> still have no time to track it down. itojun> >Please try this patch. The first hunk is the important one. itojun> yup, it corrected the behavior for me. i believe it safe to commit. Thanks for the information. I will try to test it. HEO