You noted that you couldn't get ethernet to work.

In my experience, ethernet didn't work out of the box. So I tried USB with on set of MP3s.

Then I decided to figure out why Ethernet didn't work. It did get the IP from my DHCP server fine, and it was listed. Log said time out first try.

AFter using USB, it started working magically.

Try your ethrenet again if you haven't. Maybe that same gremlin was in yours as in my new one.