Have googled, and done all I can think NIC works fine with F17-boot disc in rescue mode. cat5 cables have been changed and work on other nodes. Box normally gets it's reserved-ip from Dovado router. Jumbo frames disabled on everything # ifconfig eth0 up # ifconfig eth0: flags=-28669<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC> mtu 1500 ether 00:22:3f:f1:f2:d8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 21 bytes 2853 (2.7 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 6 bytes 468 (468.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 12 bytes 840 (840.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 12 bytes 840 (840.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 # cat ifcfg-eth0 # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt # for the documentation of these parameters. DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp TYPE=Ethernet HWADDR=00:22:3f:f1:f2:d8 DHCP_HOSTNAME=mybox ONBOOT=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes NM_CONTROLLED=no USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no NETWORKING_IPV6=no -- Regards, Frank http//www.frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org