On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Phil Thomson wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 15:09, Phil Thomson wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> After no less than three attempts, I finally got Fedora Core 2 installed > >> and booting on an old 233 with 64 MB of RAM that I found in the garbage > >> (!). But now, upon boot, Fedora tries to "bring up" eth0 for a long time > >> before saying it "FAILED". Does this simply mean the ethernet adapter is > >> broken (given that I found this box in the trash, that may well be, though > >> it seems perfectly functional in all other ways)? Or is there a .conf file > >> or something I need to tweak somewhere? > > > > Did you configure the ethernet adapter? It may just be trying to get a > > DHCP address, and cannot find a server. Configure the network card for > > your network, and then try to activate it. If you don't know how to > > configure it or activate it, just let us know. > > > > Forrest > > During the install, I chose DHCP for my network connection method. I don't > think I came across any other screens for network or ethernet config. I > looked around in /etc for something related to network or dhcp, but didn't > see anyting obvious. > > My network sitch: small home network with 3 computers on a hub (in my > room) and three other computers in other rooms connected to a 4-port > router upstairs. The router address is 192.168.0.1. It contains a DHCP > server for the home network and it's our gateway to the internet. What do > I need to tell Fedora to do to get on the network? This may be a silly question, but aside from asking if there's a cable from the Fedora system to your hub, is there any cabling between the hub in your room and the router upstairs? If not, you'll never get a DHCP address...there needs to be communication. If there is a cable between your hub and the router, and there's a cable between your computer and the hub, my next question is going to be whether or not your're plugged into a port, on your hub, that might be set up as an uplink port (ie, crossover enabled). -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe
