Am 16.10.2011 12:43, schrieb Mick:
> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo
>> installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt.
>>
>> However, now I have a networking issue.
>>
>> In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was
>> not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was able to set it up.  This
>> time, when I booted to the install CD and typed net-setup eth0, the
>> network card was not recognized.  
> 
> This means that your kernel is not configured with the corresponding modules 
> for your network card, or that there is some other configuration problem with 
> e.g. firmware loading (if such a thing is necessary for your card).
> 
[...]

Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use
`modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module was not
loaded.

Regards,
Florian Philipp