I don't see an IP address in your ifconfig output for eth0. Are you
using static IPs or DHCP to determine IP addresses?
My ifconfig output:
[root@genesis ~]# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:B0:D0:3D:39:91
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fe3d:3991/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2353 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1891 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1806538 (1.7 MiB) TX bytes:263972 (257.7 KiB)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0xd480
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:158 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:158 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:16295 (15.9 KiB) TX bytes:16295 (15.9 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 23:05 +0100, Ole Robert Hestvik wrote:
>
> Andy Green wrote:
> > On Monday 05 September 2005 21:59, Ole Robert Hestvik wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>>64 bytes from vg.no (193.69.165.21): icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=3526 ms
> >>>
> >>>What does ifconfig say, particularly the various error counters?
> >>
> >> At the moment the connection cannot be activated, and I am not able
> >
> >
> > /sbin/ifconfig -a
> >
> > should still have something to say. But why is it this connection "cannot be
> > activated"?
> >
> > -Andy
> >
>
> Network Configuration->Activate fails, the error message is:
>
> Cannot activate network device eth0!
> Determining IP information for eth0...PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) from
> 10.0.0.2 eth0: 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- 10.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2998ms
> , pipe 4
> failed.
>
> Sorry to say I am not familiar with these network functions. I
> hope ifconfig can tell us something:
>
> [root@localhost oler]# ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:9D:05:1C:63
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> 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:3787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:5515768 (5.2 MiB) TX bytes:5515768 (5.2 MiB)
>
> sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
> NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> Regards
> --
> Siv.ing. Ole Robert Hestvik Vega 7503-6016 Trondheim 4150-8743
> Olex AS www.olex.no
>
>
