Marc, Thank you very much for the pointer -- unfortunately, this does not appear to be the problem, my interfaces is the same as yours, except that mine uses dhcp rather than a static ip.
Further investigation has caused me to revise the nature of the problem somewhat. I had said that the problem was with the boot, but I just realized that this is not so. I booted the computer without the card, and attempted to insert it, and nothing happened. I then removed it, reinserted it, and it was properly identified and the correct module loaded. So, revision: it doesn't work the first time the system sees it, be that at boot or otherwise -- it only works the second time. It's pretty weird. Alexander
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