fixed...
ok, an oddity...
id noticed that with the new busybox, and udhcp i was no longer getting the hostname (ereader.) registered with the router.
so bit of hunting, located that this is because udhcp is not being passed
-h hostname
a) changed the wired.sh (and wireless.sh) script to send it -h hostname (which works fine btw)
b) changed the eth0 interface back to non auto, no dhcp
c) create init script, to start eth0 via wired.sh
all works fine except, it would appear contentLister is not happy
my guess is its name resolution... so need to figure that then should be ok.
anyway fixed...