> There are many issues on the lists.dell.com concerning the broadcom > cards. As an example: > > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-October/thread.html#16951 > > I just checked all my dell servers (I have many) ... but most seem to have intel gigbit NICs. > > "Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller" on most. > > Well ... I have this on one machine and it seems to be working OK: > > "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express" > > If you use these search terms on google, you will see many issues with broadcom cards on RHEL: > > "site:http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/ tg3" > > Thanks Johnny. Looks like the wrong naming of the eth0 and eth1 was the current problem. I'll be replacing the current NIC's to rid myself of any more issues. Ed