Hi,
RH 9.0 and Fedora Core 1 have a similar problem with some network cards. I found the following solution:
Add to the configuration file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0':
check_link_down() {
return 1;
}If you indeed have the same problem, this should work.
Regards Sami
Jeroen Van Goey wrote:
Thanks for the support, but it still won't work. So, let's recapitulate my settings:
*Fast Ethernet 10/100M PCI network card *FC1 Gnome
*module 8139too loaded
*When I try to activate eth0 via redhat-config-network or dhclient, I recieve the error
"Determining IP information for eth0.... Failed"
In /etc/hosts I have: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
In etc/modules.conf I have: alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias eth0 8139too
(deleted the "options 8139too io=0xe400 irq=11")
In $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo I have: DEVICE=lo IPADDR=127.0.0.1 NETMASK=255.0.0.0 NETWORK=127.0.0.0 # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example) BROADCAST=127.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes NAME=loopback
In /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 I have: USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:40:f4:6f:b4:90 BOOTPROTO=dhcp
(Information for NETMASK, DOMAIN, IPADDR, DHCP_HOSTNAME, GATEWAY, NETWORK and BROADCAST
seem to be missing. Should I fill in these myself,(and with which values), or should
DHCP/something else do this for me?)
The command "ifconfig -a" gives: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:6F:B4:90 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:236210 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:14275029 (13.6 Mb) TX bytes:288990 (282.2 Kb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:5939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5939 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:5271644 (5.0 Mb) TX bytes:5271644 (5.0 Mb)
(The IPs for inet addr, Bcast and Mask are missing)
I can only ping localhost, every other IP gives "Network unreachable". Defining a static
IP in the GUI of redhat-config-network doesn't change a thing (and my ISP works with
dynamic IPs anyway, so I don't think I need to define any static IP).
PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.140 ms ..... 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.132 ms --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5012ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.126/0.135/0.140/0.004 ms, pipe 2
In the GUI-interface for redhat-config-network, I selected "automatically obtain IP adress settings with DHCP", so I should get my DNS information from there. But even if I do specify the domain of my ISP, and a primary and secondary nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf, I still get the dreaded "Determining IP information for eth0... failed"error when I try to activate eth0.
If I start DHCP Client manually (command "dhclient"), I get the (error)message: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:6f:b4:90 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:40:f4:6f:b4:90 Listening on LPF/lo/ Sending on LPF/lo/ Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 .... DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
(looks like no broadcast is received)
I'm not sure it's relevant, but when the fibrecable from the ISP comes into my house, it
goes to a switch> From there one cable goes to a Windows PC, and one to an
ex-Windows-now-Limux PC (mine, the one with troubles)>
printer / pc1 (windows) \ \ Switch/hub--------cablemodem-----fibrecable-------myISP---------Internet / / pc2 (Linux)
I mention this, because I was thinking that I should search the solution into
masquarading, gateways, etc.
The output of "route -n" Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
The output of "iptables -L -n -v" (because I tought it maybe could be a firewall related
problem):
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 2728 303K RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 277 packets, 55759 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 277 55759 ACCEPT all -- lo * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 0 0 ACCEPT icmp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 icmp type 255 0 0 ACCEPT esp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 0 0 ACCEPT ah -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 0 0 ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:25 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:80 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:21 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:22 2451 247K REJECT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
Thanks for the help, looking forward to the solution, Jeroen
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