This is a new problem that did not exist in 6.0 installer because the installation program _always_ allowed you to tell it you had a network card and worked with you until it was recognized. the current system will _never_ ask you if you have a network card, even when you are doing a server install, if it does not see your network card. The auto detection routines are broken. They weren't this broken in redhat 6.0, as they recognized the card when I pointed them to the card. Under the expert option in RH 6.1, I had to fill in the card parameters, something I _did_ _not_ have to do in RH 6.0. I just told it that was the card. Under the Expert option, it is not clear that the network card you tried to enter was rejected, as no POP UP appears to indicate this to you. A pop up only appears when you get it right. I was thrown by this the first time, as a small error message showed up at the bottom of the screen and did not register. All in all, I am disappointed by this one thing. It will cause me much grief for me and my customers (I'm a consultant).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5521 ***