platform i386

I'm running DHCP on tlp2, it has stopped running enter-hooks
at start up since I had to replace my ne0 RealTek card.
I get the following from dmesg:

tlp2 at pci0 dev 20 function 0: Lite-On 82C169 Ethernet, pass 2.1
tlp2: interrupting at irq 10
tlp2: Ethernet address 00:a0:cc:3a:d9:52
lxtphy2 at tlp2 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
tlp2: transmit jabber timeout
tlp2: transmit jabber timeout

Is the "jabber timeout" a bad thing?  Do I need to swap in yet
another NIC?  If I run "/etc/dhclient-enter-hooks" directly it
adds all the routes I want going out that interface, no problem.

TIA,
Paul