Re: Network configuration problems

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On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 22:16, Kellie Blackwell wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded my RH7.3 box to Fedora Core 2, I have not been
> able to use my network card. It seems something in my setup thinks I
> want IPv6 instead of IPv4. During the boot process, I get a message
> saying that eth0 is started but when I do an 'ifconfig -a ', all I
> have is a sit0 device.
>  
> While looking at /var/log/messages I see an entry that says:
>  
> "IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver"
>  
> Does this mean that someting in the kernel is set to use only IPv6?
>  
> If I boot from the CD in rescue mode and answer Yes when asked if I
> want to start the network, eth0 is configured but when I boot normally
> I always get sit0. I have tried setting NETWORKING_IPV6=NO in
> /etc/sysconfig/network and even tried renaming all the IPV6 related
> files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts to no avail.

I don't know what brand nic you have but I ran into similar problems
with a 3Com 3C509B (think thats the model).  I finally had to scrap it
and get something different.  I think some of the older cards are no
longer supported.  This may be whats happening with your card.
-- 
Thomas E. Dukes <edukes@xxxxxxxxxx>



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