Somebody in the thread at some point said: > Hi, > > Since I updated the kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook running FC6 > to release 2.6.22.1-15.fc6, my wired network card, a BroadCom BCM4401 I think this device is meant to be handled by a module called "b44". confirm first that it isn't all actually fine ifconfig -a | grep eth0 and lsmod | grep b44 If b44 isn't in the lsmod result, try modprobe b44 ; dmesg | tail to see if that brings any joy. -Andy