I don't think its too bad...I mean, in this case, a damn crossover cable would solve every problem. This is probably a lot easier than modding with an older chip, and dealing with evox and flashing boot disks. But with X3 Config Live, and the Xenium OS, its just that much easier.
hey I just thought of something....can you just load an evox boot disk? god damn i'm an idiot.
OPTION 4:
4) make an evox boot disk, change IP settings.
this particular situation is annoying cuz its a pain trying to find the easiest work around a very simple problem.