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hello all...

having trouble with the networking on this box. ethernet controller is the Broadcom NetXtremeII 5708. i am running fedora core 6 (fresh install) (kernel 2.6.20x). if i reboot the machine the network interface stops functioning. i am able to restart the network service once the machine has booted and things seem to be back to normal.

here are a few things i have noticed... during reboot, the interface is actually ping-able for a short period and then goes down again. from the dmesg log, i can see the following:

Code:

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logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 1

input: PS/2 Logitech Mouse as /class/input/input5

input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input6

bnx2: eth0: using MSI

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 100 Mbps full duplex

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

do_IRQ: 0.90 No irq handler for vector

eth0: no IPv6 routers present

IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver

bnx2: eth0: using MSI

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 100 Mbps full duplex

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

eth0: no IPv6 routers present

bnx2: eth0: using MSI

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 100 Mbps full duplex

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

eth0: no IPv6 routers present

bnx2 is the broadcom driver that seems to be up for a short period and down again.

any help would be greatly appreciated.