looks okay, kinda weird you need to spec the MAC address for the card thought, it should be able to figure that out for itself. I am presuming it is in the correct "format" for this line.
Anything funky in the /etc/sysconfig/network master file? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Plumley > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to Internet > > > Here is the config for these files: > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 > > USERCTL=yes > PEERDNS=yes > TYPE=Ethernet > DEVICE=eth0 > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > ONBOOT=yes > HWADDR= (the correct MAC is listed here) > > > --- Kenneth Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The network config tool may be broken,, have you > > looked > > at the underlying //etc/sysconfig network related > > files? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Kelerion > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:06 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem > > to > > Internet > > > > > > > > > Your not messing/playing around with a 2.5 or 2.6 > > kernel > > are you? > > > > > > I know from experience that dhcpclient breaks > > with those > > > kernels.. The > > > way I got around it was to set a static ip (also > > make > > sure > > > your gateway > > > is correct) and that should help.. > > > > > > Don't know if this is what your doing but it just > > sounded > > familiar to > > > me.. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Kel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of Ken Plumley > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:36 PM > > > To: Redhat List > > > Subject: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem to > > Internet > > > > > > > > > I am trying to setup an x86 box running red hat > > linux > > > 8.0 to reach the internet using a cable modem. I > > used > > > the Network Configuration tool to configure eth0 > > to > > > automatically obtain > > > IP address settings with DHCP and automatically > > obtain > > DNS > > > information > > > from the ISP. When I try to activate eth0 using > > the > > Network > > > Configuration tool it fails with the message: > > Cannot > > activate network > > > device eth0. > > > > > > I can reach the internet using the same cable > > modem at > > > the same location on a different machine running > > red > > > hat 6.2 with eth0 configured for dhcp. > > > > > > Can some one please tell me how to configure dhcp > > on > > > RH 8.0 to work with the cable modem? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design > > software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
