> >> Now, how do I go about manually assigning an IP address? > > >ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > >the theory here is that network-manager may have interfered with this > >process. now that you've stopped it, it's time to try again. > > > >you can check whether this worked or not by running ifconfig by itself > >again, and see if eth0 now shoes an "inet 192.168.0.5" entry. > > > >if it does not, something is seriously fubar and you're probably > >looking at something that's beyond email assistance. > > The command executed without error, but did not change anything. > Ifconfig still shows no address and I still can't go anywhere. > > I'd say the last thing you could try is to manually configure the eth0 interface in the Interface Configuration Files and reboot and see if the eth0 interface will setup. Here's some instructions on how to do it. I'm a Debian kinda guy so I can't speak to Fedora specifics and/or quirks. But, it's worth a last ditch shot!
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