On 8/17/06, Brad Bonkoski <bbonkoski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
what do you get when you run /sbin/ifconfig -a?
Perhaps the new network card requires a different driver for your kernel...
And if you are not familiar with the process of building/loading new
modules for the kernel, I am not sure if there is an *easy* way to do
this, except for letting the installer run and guessing what modules you
need....
>> > When I turn off my computer, I get an OK for everything, except for
>> > eth0. Is there some way of automatically reconfiguring that device?
>>
>> Your query is a bit vague,
>> but the entry in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>> has to be correct.
>> The various network wizards should hopefully do this.
>
> Thanks, Timothy. I agree that my query is vague, but I do not know how
> to make it more detailed. Maybe someone could tell me what I should
> add to describe better my problem. However, I suspect from what I see
> at shutdown time that the problem is related with HWADDR. The content
> of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 is quoted below:
>
> # more /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> HWADDR=00:30:4F:2B:8C:84
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.1.2
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> #
>
> I would like to add that my Ethernet card was changed together with
> the processor upgrade.
Thanks, Brad. The result of '/sbin/ifconfig -a' follows:
# /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:85:38:2C:93
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::214:85ff:fe38:2c93/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:273531 errors:1057 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:929
TX packets:310170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:1057 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:181391697 (172.9 MiB) TX bytes:72930268 (69.5 MiB)
Interrupt:177
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:2434 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2434 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2298167 (2.1 MiB) TX bytes:2298167 (2.1 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)
#
Paul
