internets gone down

[support]

im running a router, to connect to the internet.

my xp box runs fine, but i cant seem to get fedora running

if i connect the network cable, and reboot, on startup where it says "bridging...eth0" the laptop will just hang, until i remove the cable.

could someone help?!

ps, im running a linksys router

[Jman]

How does this bridged network device setup? Which network card? You've tried setting it up with the Network configuration tool under system settings, correct?

[support]

ive tired the network config tool under system tools. it was inactive but i changed that the active.

i did believe it was a problem with the network cable, but then i tired to connect the canble directly into the laptop and reboot, but again the screen would freeze at startup when it tired to bridge the network eth0, so if i remove the cable it will go through and boot as normal.

any ideas?