Hi, Ursula. Yes, that fixed the problem; many thanks! I didn't need the HWADDR and VSWITCH settings and I specified the OPTIONS statement incorrectly (it's OPTIONS and not just OPTION).
Have a good one. DJ On 06/28/2011 03:24 AM, Ursula Braun wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 14:25 -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > >> >> Here is what is in the ifcfg-eth0 file: >> >> # IBM QETH >> DEVICE=eth0 >> BOOTPROTO=static >> VSWITCH=1 >> OPTION=(layer2=1) >> IPADDR=xxx.yyy.www.zzz >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >> NETTYPE=qeth >> TYPE=Ehternet >> ONBOOT=yes >> HWADDR=02:00:00:00:00:07 >> SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0100,0.0.0101,0.0.0102 >> >> > > Dave, > > I would change 3 things in your ifcfg-eth0 file: > 1. Remove HWADDR and VSWITCH > 2. typo: TYPE=Ethernet > 3. Specify the layer2 option with this syntax: > OPTIONS='layer2=1' > > resulting in: > # IBM QETH > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=static > OPTIONS='layer2=1' > IPADDR=xxx.yyy.www.zzz > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > NETTYPE=qeth > TYPE=Ethernet > ONBOOT=yes > SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0100,0.0.0101,0.0.0102 > > Does this config file help? > > Regards, Ursula Braun, > IBM Germany, Linux on System z Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
