Hi Everyone

I have the Edimax EW-7128g which is based on the Ralink RT2500.

On boot the computer halt while trying to configure the eth0.
I can only boot when I type: knoppix nodhcp

iwconfig show the device is configured as eth0, but when i initiate the: "ifconfig eth0 up" as root, the computer halt again.
I can also see the rt2500 module in lsmod.

here is the lspci -v:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [40] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [60] #08 [2001]

0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 0c11
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [48] #08 [01e1]

0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 0c11
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at e7002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at e7003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5004
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 12
Memory at e7004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] #0a [2080]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: e6000000-e6ffffff

0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 5002
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-dfffffff

0000:01:07.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
Subsystem: RaLink: Unknown device 2560
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs: Unknown device 8067
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

0000:01:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at c400 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0002
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0003
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e5010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2