eth0 problem

[Buddy Hummler]

Hello, I'm in need of some assistance.

I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 that I just installed Fedora Core 2 on 
(downloaded from Fedora's website). I'm trying to get online, but have been 
unsuccessful. When the computer is starting up it says "xirc2ps_cs device 
eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. [failed]"   My 
network is configured correctly, but I'm not getting any sign that my 
network card is working. I had Fedora Core 1 installed before and it said 
the same thing about the device not being present and that it failed, but I 
was still able to get online - however, I ran into much difficulty when 
trying to download updates from RHN.

Does anyone know how to resolve this problem? Or can someone point me in 
the right direction?

Thanks

Buddy Hummler

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