Nielsen, Steve wrote:
On 2950s the eth devices are assigned their number in the wrong order:
Gb1 becomes eth1 (should be eth0) Gb2 becomes eth0 (should be eth1)
Dell posted software that provides a way for the Linux kernel to name the interfaces correctly.
Here is a link to the white paper: http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v3.pdf
Steve
This was the issue. Thanks Steve.