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On 9/27/2012 2:55 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Whatever you do, go for the Intel ethernet adaptor option. We've had so many
> >headaches with integrated broadcom NICs.:(
Sound advice, but not a get out of jail card unfortunately : we had a 
horrible problem with the Intel e1000 driver in RHEL for several releases.
Finally diagnosed it just as RH shipped a fixed driver.