Shift to Fedora 2 - Re: eth0 fails (inactive) on boot

From: John (noemail_at_noemail.net)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:11:00 -0400

John wrote:

> os: redhat 9 (shrike)
> nic: linksys lne100tx
> setup: machine-->belkin router-->belkin cable modem
> home network (3 other boxes on net)
>
> I'm able to activate my nic via "network device control", and it will
> work perfectly...until I reboot - it then becomes "deactived" - I
> reactivate - all is well with the world...until I reboot...
> (etc..etc..)
>
> How can I keep my network card from deactivating each time I
> reboot/shutdown?
>
> Thanks
>
> John

Tony and JV

Thanks for your input - I tried everything and still have the
same problem. -- Before I go on, I'd like to draw your attention to the
new subject line - I became fed up w/RH9 and decided to install Fedora Core
2. I hope it's still okay to post to the RH newsgroup - I don't see any
Fedora ng's (yet) - or at least, my news server hasn't begun to carry them.

Further information:

ifcfg-eth0: 

----
# Lite-On|LNE100TX [Linksys EtherFast 10/100]
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
----
"ifconfig" output (AFTER activation:
---
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:192.168.2.52  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:ccff:fee3:3fbc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2539 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1628 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:8
          collisions:70 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3673358 (3.5 Mb)  TX bytes:111204 (108.5 Kb)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x5000
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP OOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
         RX packets:2932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3080466 (2.9 Mb)  TX bytes:3080466 (2.9 Mb)
**Note: before activating eth0, only "lo" is listed in "ifconfig"
----
NETWORK CONFIG SETTINGS (After manually activating)
DEVICES TAB
Active profile: Common (only one listed)
Devices: eth0 (only one listed)
--
HARDWARE TAB
LNE100TX, TYPE: ETHERNET, DEVICE: ETH0, STATUS: OK
---
DNS TAB
Hostname: localhost.localdomain (Note: earlier, I had tried placing my local
workgroup as the name - no difference)
Primary DNS: 192.168.2.1
(2 and 3 DNS is empty now, but had filled them wth the same as 1 in earlier
attempts - no change)
DNS Search Path: WORKGROUP
---
HOSTS TAB: Empty
Earlier, had tried placing "192.168.2.1, WORKGROUP" in there - no difference
++++++++++++
Editing the network device:
---
GENERAL TAB
Nickname: eth0
Checked boxes include:
- Activate device when computer starts
- Allow all users to enable/disable the device
- Enable IPv6 (Note: Previously had this unchecked) - no difference
- Automatically obtain IP address settings with DHCP
Hostname: blank (have tried filling this in with WORKGROUP) - no difference
- Automatically obtain DNS information from provider
---
ROUTE TAB: blank (this is for static routing - n/a)
---
HARDWARE DEVICE TAB
- Hardware: eth0 (LNE100TX) Linksys Etherfast 10/100
- Device alias number (unchecked)
- Bind to MAC Address (checked)
++++++++++++
Hope this is enough information - if I can provide any more - let me know.
Thank you! - John

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