xend kills network connectivity on boot
 

red hat 5 update 4 64bit. on an interactive boot i can ping -t my vm linux server from my physical MS XP workstation and a vm W2000 64 bit server until xend is started, after that i get destination unreachable. if i choose not to start xend on the interactive boot i retain connectivity. i have read some blogs that imply this might be a bug - is this so? do I need xend on my vm red hat box that is a database server?

no-one knows the answer to this, i've joined three fora and not a single reply. that's cool, i'll solve it myself and become a Linux God!