Since I installed OpenSolaris, my nForce Ethernet device stopped working properly: It was connected to the network but was unable to communicate. It was unable to get an IP address by DHCP. Even if I set manually an IP address, it was unable to communicate with any other PC in the network. I restarted the computer (power off and on), and then it reworked again. But today this trick did no more worked. I don't know if OpenSolaris has something to do with it, but my network device was no more working in all OS (Linux, Windows and OpenSolaris). I replaced today the mainboard built-in nForce Ethernet device by a Intel Pro 1000 PCI card. Now I have no more network problems.
Maybe its a hardware failure, but maybe it has something to do with OpenSolaris? If someone has the same problems, please post it here. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
