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At 08:43 AM 5/25/2007, Dan Sikorsky wrote:
>Having major issues with my ethernet card It seems like one out of 
>every 20 boots will get it working, whats the deal with these broadcoms

I have two Dell SC430s with integrated Broadcom gigabit (bge) and 
they have worked fine with 6.0 thru 6.2 for over a year now.  Perhaps 
it's some incompatibility with the switch or hub you're connecting 
them to?  Maybe try forcing them to half-duplex, or swap switches?
    -RW