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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: OT: Realtek 8139 hangs after dhcp at startup

From: Ben Vitale <bsvitale@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:49:30 -0400

Reply-to: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Hi folks,

This problem seems unrelated to the Fedora OS itself.

Upon startup, after the memory test, when my Realtek 8139 ethernet card initializes (?), I see the following:

 Realtek 8139A/B/C / RTL8130 PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.11 (001205)
 Client Mac Address: ......         GUID: .......
 Client IP: ......      Mask: .....   DHCP IP: .......
 Gateway IP: .....

All the addresses/values that display are correct. But then it stops. And hangs (indefinitely, far as I can tell). If I start the machine with the ethernet cable unplugged, it bypasses this situation completely, after which I can plug in the ethernet cable and eth0 comes up with no issue in FC2.

This problem only recently started occurring when I got Comcast for Internet. I had no such problems with my LAN at school. I couldn't find anything in the BIOS to somehow disable this media check upon startup.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ben