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What works for me in BL is listed in /root/netsetup:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1  (or 1.2 or 1.3 - all listed in /etc/hosts).

Not the IP number you list below.  If you add that to hosts it might work.

> Next i configure the interface eth0 with the following result:
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:C0:DB:4F:D4
>          inet addr:192.168.1.18  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x310 Memory:cc000-d0000

> This again looks ok to me. However, after issuing the 'ifconfig 
> 192.168.1.18 up' command, i get the confusing message 'Trying to free 
> free IRQ10'. And when displaying /proc/interrupts the interrupt of the 
> network card (IRQ 10) is not listed. The system does not respond to 
> ping-requests nor is it possible to ping other machines. Even worse, 
> when trying to do so, the system issues the message 'eth0: xmit on 
> stopped card' and keeps on issuing this message until power off.

Sindi