[Techtalk] eth0 appears to be configured correctly but can't ping acrossnetwork

[Rachel Andrew]

>
>I've seen a lot of problems with that card, particularly if you
>have another NIC in the same box, even if it isn't a Netgear NIC.
>
>My solution has been to avoid Netgear NICs like the plague.

well i have an almost identical installation with the same card running 
happily and I've set Linux boxen up with netgears many times in the past on 
all sorts of distros... so I know it works .... I'm just guessing that 
there is some problem in set-up that has caused the problems.

Rachel