On 6/27/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:59 -0400, Nat Gross wrote: > > > SOLVED!! I suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when I had > network problems, I SHUT DOWN the ROUTERS, after changing nics (or > whatever it was then). So, this is what I did now, and voila! > Thank you all, and hope this helps. > -nat > ps. um Forgot to methion I also turned the routers back on<g>. Routers tend to cache the arp associations (tcp/mac) for a much longer time than other equipment - perhaps 20 minutes. With Cisco's you can log into them and use the command 'clear arp' instead of restarting - other routers probably have similar commands.
****** ALAS! IT STRUCK AGAIN! IT *IS* the KERNEL! ******************** Upon a subsequent reboot (why did I reboot!!), I went thru the rigmarole all over again. In the past 8 hours of more tinkering, I have ascertained that my original eth0 card works as well, if I shut off the system and reboot the old kernel. But the old kernel gives me some ati related problems (it's the first kernel shipped with FC5). Anyhow, on another machine, I also have FC5 and this latest kernel, but only one nic physically installed, and have NO problems. So, the question is, can I totally HIDE the eth1 nic from the os, as-if it didn't exist? Thanks; nat
