On boot: Configuring network interfaces... udhcpc (v1.2.1) started PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79fc0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79f80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79f40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79f00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79ec0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79e80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79e40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79e00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79dc0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79d80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79d40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79d00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79cc0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79c80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79c40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79c00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79bc0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79b80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79b40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79b00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79ac0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79a80 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79a40 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79a00 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f799c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79980 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79940 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79900 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f798c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79880 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79840 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79800 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f797c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79780 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79740 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79700 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f796c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79680 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79640 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79600 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f795c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79580 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79540 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79500 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f794c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79480 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79440 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79400 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f793c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79380 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79340 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79300 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f792c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79280 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79240 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79200 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f791c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79180 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79140 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79100 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f790c0 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79080 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79040 PREPARE PHYS: 0x01f79000 eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 Duplex mode eth0 =1 Sending discover... SEND PHYS: 0x01f3efc0 Sending discover... SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ef80 Sending discover... SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ef40 No lease, failing. Later: root@NSLU2:~$ ping 192.168.1.78 PING 192.168.1.78 (192.168.1.78): 56 data bytes SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ef00 SEND PHYS: 0x01f3eec0 SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ee80 SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ee40 SEND PHYS: 0x01f3ee00 SEND PHYS: 0x01f3edc0 --- 192.168.1.78 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss root@NSLU2:~$ ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:BE:00:01:01 inet addr:192.168.1.77 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:2022 (1.9 KiB) root@NSLU2:~$ Still no evidence that evidence (from tcpdump or even the ethernet light flashing) that the Linux box on the other end of the crossover cable ever gets the packets.