This is a repost: the thread i posted this into appears to have been made redundant, their problems fixed, mine isn't (yet, i hope) I do have a router it runs dhcp and nat and is doinfg fine I have similar config entries as Jeroen Van Goey posted earlier. (see below) Bu it don't work. see post below -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeroen Tiebout Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 4:49 PM To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' Subject: RE: Determining IP information for eth0 failed Hi Jeroen (lol), hi all, Fishy stuff. I have the same issue, similar config Core 1 on a Sony Vaio PCG-C1VE, xircom pcmcia eth adapter (lunix status: newbie) Tried adding the sujested lines in '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0', issue stands ------------------- DHCP: i should get all info, ip, subnet, dns, and gateway. This works. The ip eth0 receives is from the pool gw, dns and subnet are ok. The laptop even shows up in the dhcp client list of the (US robotics -cheapo, but working)router. In the dhcp client list the hostname shown for the laptop is: "25924 8242:136" (Can i change this?) everything is looking great so far When i try to ping my gateway, i get "Destination host unreachable" *I think dhcp packets are sent using UDP, apparently that works, could it be a problem with icmp or tcp? When i boot the laptop i get an error when it tries to initialize the network interface. something like "xircom_cb eth0 not present, delaying initialisation" -I use a xircom pcmcia adater as i have no network on board. *During startup pcmcia is initialised after eth0 fails to initialise. thats one to chew on, i have been anyhow. Cheers, Jeroen -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sami Maisniemi Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:57 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Determining IP information for eth0 failed 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 > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________ >WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! 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