On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 02:16:23PM +0200, Michael Magua wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:20:17PM +0100, Laura Speck wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I am having a problem with a brand new install of Fedora 9. This > > > machine has two nic's, eth0 and eth1. They are both . We currently > > > have eth0 plugged into a router, had eth1 plugged in earlier to try it > > > as well but we have this problem on both nics. > > > > > > Basically, on install we specified that both nics were to be dhcp, and > > > to come up on boot. But neither of them get an ip on boot. I know that > > > it's not a problem with the cable, as we plugged it into a different > > > machine and it works fine. I don't think it's a problem with the nics > > > as I can't see both of them being toast on a new machine. > > > > > > ifconfig eth0 up does nothing. I've gotten someone local to the server > > > to try dhclient eth0 and then tail /var/log/messages. We see > > > DHCPREQUEST, a bunch of DHCPDISCOVER lines and then end with a "No > > > DHCPOFFERS received" message. ifconfig never shows either interface as > > > having an "inet ..." line, but they get an "inet6 ..." line. I know > > > it's not a problem with the dhcp server because it's our isp's, and > > > our other machines can grab an ip fine. > > > > > > I've shut off Networkmanager (service NetworkManager stop) and started > > > the network (service network start). > > > > > > service network start outputs: > > > Bringing up loopback interface [OK] > > > Bringing up interface eth0: > > > Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] > > > Bringing up interface eth0: > > > Determining IP information for eth1... failed. No link available. > > > Check cable. [FAILED] > > > > > > Our /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks like... > > > > > > DEVICE=eth0 > > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > > ONBOOT=yes > > > > > > Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Laura > > > > I have F9 running on a computer with just one nic. Everything worked > > until about a week ago, when the nic suddenly no longer automatically > > got a dhcp address. My work around is to run dhclient etho &. DHCP > > connects then. I still haven't figured out why this happened or what > > the correct fix is. > > > > You're missing the HWADDR= stanzas in your configs. This tells the kernel > which NIC is actually eth0 and eth1 by identifying the MAC address. F9 worked fine for a couple of weeks before dhclient stopped working. Where can I get copies of the missing stanzas and into which file(s) should they be reinserted? Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
