On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:15:52 +0100, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ketil hage wrote: > > > > updated from fc2 to fc3 from cd's. > > > > had some serious boot trouble after restart, but disable the nvidia module fixed > > that. > > > > now i can't get eth0 to work. > > > > (i had firestarter installed before upgrade). > > > > here's what i found: When i set ip manually, the eth0 card get active, but > > nothing works, can't ping my gateway or anything else. it doesn't matter if > > firestarter is started or stopped. with ifconfig i see the right addresses > > configured. > > > > when i try to use dhcp(i have a dhcp server)the card just get inactive. > > > > it seems that there is something in my box blocking all contact to the lan. > > Have you tried using dhclient when eth0 was up? Can you elaborate on "using dhclient"? I'm having the same problem as Ketil with trying to connect to a network. Thanks, Kevin -- Kevin Old kevinold@xxxxxxxxx