What happens if you retry the connection from the console? Does it then go through? -----Original Message----- From: David Hageman [mailto:dhageman@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:30 PM To: Shabazian, Chip Cc: David Hageman; Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: RE: Fedora 7 Kickstart / Stage2 Issue On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Shabazian, Chip wrote: > try using > > noipv6 nicdelay=50 linksleep=50 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 > duplex=full" > > Of course, adjust the ethtool line as appropriate for interface, > speed, etc. > > Let us know if this works for you. Unfortunately, it did not seem to help. It should also be noted that I did not notice any extended delay when applying nicdelay=50 and linksleep=50. I played around various combinations of each option and was unable to get any new results. Any other ideas? I do appreciate your help! -- ========================================================= David Hageman Linux/Network Administrator Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Kansas 3042 Eaton Hall (785) 864.3923 dhageman@xxxxxxxxxxx =========================================================