So I am posting my configuration now:
The Card is ->
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
ifconfig command output:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB) TX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)
route command output:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
ifcfg-eth0 file output:
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
IPV6INIT=no
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=00:c0:9f:42:33:e6
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:56 -0500, William Hooper wrote:
> Maciek R. said:
> > What I want to know either is: Is it important to keep your system up to
> > date?
>
> It depends if the update is just a feature update or a security update.
>
> > Is it important to update my kernel - even if my hardware will not
> > work after it?
>
> Kernel updates are generally to fix security issues (important to update)
> or to fix specific problems (not as important if it doesn't effect you).
>
> Perhaps you can give us enough information on your issue that we can help.
> Start with what kind of network card you have. Possibly the output of
> some basic network commands:
>
> ifconfig
> route
>
> The contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 would
> probably help, too.
>
> --
> William Hooper
>
--
Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx>
