Neb,

Thanks for the help...

I've established it is DEFINITELY the laptop.

It works wired, and kinda works wireless. I've managed to get it to ssh into the linux box by making a static route to it. arping from the linux box to the laptop fails. ip neigh show shows the laptop as FAILED, even with a static arp entry for the linux box on the laptop.

The laptop has route configured for 192.168.0.0:
Code:
Desination  Netmask       Gateway      Interface    Metric
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.10 25
192.168.0.10 being the laptops IP. I've tried deleting that entry and creating a new on, but it won't let me. I've tried changing it, but it says it doesn't exist, and I've tried adding another route with the same name, but the ghostly one takes precedence.

So, if you have any more ideas, that'd be great. If not, thanks for the ideas.

Dhej