Problems to ping on Simple Socket Server w/ DP83848

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Hello All, 

 I've managed to get the simple socket server working (at least, booting) with DP83848 PHY chip on Bemicro SDK board. I removed DHCP to get connected via a crossover cable to my PC and added a 1 second interval incrementing counter printed on the console as a lower priority task to see if the thing is alive during tests.  IP of the board : 192.168.1.234 IP of my PC : 192.168.1.235 GW : 192.168.1.1 Subnet M : 255.255.255.0  When I ping from my pc to 192.168.1.234, I have no more response from the board - that is my timer stops counting, at least something goes on. I'm also unable to telnet to the ip and this also makes the timer stop.  On a different note, when I just leave the board up and running, it can reboot by itself after a few seconds or keep counting forever (max an hour for opencores limitation). Could this be related?  I'm basically just looking for a way to communicate with TCP socket or UDP, as simple as possible. Any clues where I should start looking?  I attached a screenshot of the Nios II Console from Eclipse (I'm unable to copy text from it).  Thanks, JC