On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 21:49, Ben Vitale wrote: > 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 I have had startup issues with Comcast also. Try these; 1) Do you have a firewall and does it listen for a specific DHCP server. 2) Are you sure that the modem/Comcast server recognizes your NIC as a valid client (unplug your modem for about 2-5 minutes to reset the connection). 3) Let your system sit "hung" for 3 minutes if it is a server/client problem init will time out and continue. 4) What does ifconfig say about the NIC after startup? -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
