Problem with NON-Wireless network card

[Steven J. Brown (NY)]

Andy Green wrote:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since I updated the kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook running FC6
>> to release 2.6.22.1-15.fc6, my wired network card, a BroadCom BCM4401
>>     
>
> I think this device is meant to be handled by a module called "b44".
> confirm first that it isn't all actually fine
>
> ifconfig -a | grep eth0
>   
ifconfig -a | grep eth

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g 
(rev 02)

Looks OK.

> and
>
> lsmod | grep b44
>
> If b44 isn't in the lsmod result, try
>
> modprobe b44 ; dmesg | tail
>
> to see if that brings any joy.
>   
b44 is in the lsmod result.
> -Andy
>
>   
I tried to add a device in the network configuration utility with a 
static IP address but this did not work.  Also, when I activated a 
single device, multiple devices would be marked activated, even after 
receiving a 'Cannot activate' message.

Under the kernel that does work, three devices appear in the config 
utility (eth1, eth0.bak and eth0) with eth0 as ethernet and the other 2 
as wireless (not sure why).

Under the kernel that does NOT work, one time there were 5 devices 
another only 2.  One time I could add a device with the correct 
hardware, another time the correct hardware was not selectable.  
Something really screwy going on here.  Hopefully another kernel update 
will fix it.

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