> I just did a fresh install of Fedora Core 2. It detects my ethernet > card(SMC) but won't activate it for some reason. It said Determining IP > Adress Failed. > > How can I fix this? > > thanks > ~Shefali.-- Hey Shefali - Is your network interface set up to use DHCP (hint: what does your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 look like)? If so, is there a DHCP server on your network? What do your firewall rules look like? Run the command 'service iptables status' as root and report what it says. Thomas
