Patricio A. Bruna wrote: > Yes, > I do have modprobe.conf configure as you say. > > Please don't top post. I have two PE 1950s running centos5-i386 with these onboard... eth0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2) PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz found at mem f8000000, IRQ 177, node addr 0015c5f05180 eth1: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2) PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz found at mem f4000000, IRQ 169, node addr 0015c5f05182 Are you _sure_ you have Intel NICs? Perhaps if you sent us the relevant output from dmesg? What kernel are you running? You could also check with the linux-poweredge folks[1] as they have a number of experts (Dell folks too!) who can help with this specific hardware. [1] http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/ -- Said one park ranger, 'There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.' Mark D. Foster, CISSP <mark at foster.cc> http://mark.foster.cc/