> THor Lancelot Simon writes to Brain Vyhmeister:
> 
> >Don't hardwire the link type and duplex -- leave those as auto.  Just
> >hardwire the IP address, and see what happens.
> 
> Exactly. Also, be sure to remove AC power for about 10 seconds: the
> mips cores in the bges can hang onto state across a warm reboot.

I did exactly as specified. I unplugged the power supply for about one
minute and then booted up with media untouched but a static IP address.
It works fine but it is in 100baseTX full-duplex mode, not 1000baseT.

Bryan