Description of problem: NetworkManager times out when trying to get its IP address (DHCP) from a Belkin G+ MIMO Router. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.7.1-4.git20090414.fc11.x86_64. Wired Network Hardware: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express. How reproducible: happens everytime I try 'Wired Network'. Wireless Network works with no problems (Realtek RTL-8185). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Click on NetworkManager (on Gnome panel). 2. Click on 'System eth0' (under 'Wired Network'). Actual results: (from /var/log/messages) Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'System eth0' Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 3 -> 4 Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 4 -> 5 Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 5 -> 7 Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.0 Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> dhclient started with pid 3682 Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth0 state changed (null) -> preinit Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:a0:df:9b:eb Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:a0:df:9b:eb Jun 22 20:55:05 localhost dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jun 22 20:55:06 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jun 22 20:55:09 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 Jun 22 20:55:15 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 Jun 22 20:55:27 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21 Jun 22 20:55:48 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Device 'eth0' DHCP transaction took too long (>45s), stopping it. Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> eth0: canceled DHCP transaction, dhcp client pid 3682 Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled... Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) started... Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 7 -> 9 Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'System eth0' invalid. Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) failed. Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) complete. Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 9 -> 3 Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 0). Jun 22 20:55:50 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto Belkin_G' (wlan0) as default for routing and DNS. Expected results: a 'Wired Network' connection. NetworkManager 'Wired Network' worked fine when I used it to install and update Fedora 11 a few days after it was released.
I'm having precisely the same problem with a ZyXEL P-2602HW-D1A router and an Intel PRO/1000 NIC in my ThinkPad T61. NetworkManager-0.7.1-8.git20090708.fc11.x86_64 Similarly for me, there was no problem with eth0 when I installed F11---it stopped working sometime after the initial install.
The problem went away for me after applying yesterday's updates and rebooting. Weird.
Ok, thanks for updating with the new information. Weird. Bug #507351 seems to be the same problem, but with sky2 instead of b44 or e1000.