From: "Jason Boxman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I like to check /var/log/dmesg and syslog. The card that cannot ping or be > pinged may actually be experiencing a hardware issue. I had a card once that > I was able to assign an IP to, but it failed to function. It turns out it > was an IRQ conflict. Moving the card to another PCI slot resolved the issue.
I had the same problem. I had plug&play turned on in the bios, for 'doze. My #2 network card suffered an IRQ conflict under linux, which I resolved by turning off p&p in the bios. ~mark