----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas E. Dukes" <edukes@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:53 PM Subject: Re: Network configuration problems > 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. It's a Netgear FA311. Also there is a line in /var/log/messages that says: kernel: eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0x1a84c000 <MAC addr>, IRQ 11 so I think the kernel recognizes the card. Steve
