My TC won't startup with ethernet cables connected.

It will start up fine w/out ethernet cables, but with ethernet, it won't startup. I have two wired connections, my thunderbolt display/mbp and my cannon printer.
It will sit with amber light solid.
When I disconnect the two ethernet cables, it will startup fine. Then I connect the two cables and everything is good.
This is a new from apple store today 2tb TC. It's taken about 2 hours to get it setup until now I've figured out the ethernet cable issue. Is there a fix? I'm probably going to exchange it tomorrow or in the next couple of days if there's no fix provided.

Well, it's working fine today. I'll continue to try it over the next couple of days and if it happens more, I'll take it back for an exchange. It happend quite a few times last night.
I have apple care for my mbp, so this should be covered on it. About 1.5 years left.
Thanks.
I'll update this post if I end up needing to exchange it.

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