Try re-running the internet connection wizard for the interface and see if that solves the issue you are having. Noel On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 12:00 +0100, Ole Robert Hestvik wrote: > This ADSL line uses DHCP. > Connected to an other Fedora 1 machine I get: > > [root@localhost root]# ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:00:85:A6:2F > inet addr:10.0.0.3 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:270338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:39878 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:38095780 (36.3 Mb) TX bytes:3933215 (3.7 Mb) > Interrupt:9 Base address:0x8000 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:106017 (103.5 Kb) TX bytes:106017 (103.5 Kb) > > While installing Fedora 4 the options Firewall and SELinux were not > selected. Can this have anything to do with the problem? > > Noel Hall wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > Regards > -- > Siv.ing. Ole Robert Hestvik Vega 7503-6016 Trondheim 4150-8743 > Olex AS www.olex.no > >