<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">A fresh install of Fedora 8 x86_64 results in repeated network failures. Essentially, on first login, although /sbin/ifconfig shows eth0 to be up with the correct ip address, pinging a locally connected host (192.168.1.1) results in 'network unreachable' errors. Performing '/sbin/ifdown eth0 ; /sbin/ifup eth0; /sbin/ping 192.168.1.1' restores the network connection temporarily. However, browsing the web via firefox soon again leads to 'network unreachable' errors. If I don't browse the web, I do not receive 'network unreachable' errors for a long period of time (I did not wait beyond 8 minutes). If I browse, then the network quickly goes down again. This problem persists after reboot, and after bringing the network up with 'System -> Administration -> Network'. It persists after killing nm-applet. There are no new lines in /var/log/messages when the network fails. Comparing the periods of when the network interface is working to when it is not working, the outputs of /sbin/ifconfig is unchanged except for the transmitted/received packets, and the output of /sbin/route is unchanged. Installing Fedora 8 i386 results in a working network interface without the above problems. Below is smolt output after I have installed Fedora 8 i386. (I cannot keep my network interface up long enough to send an email under Fedora 8 x86_64). Thanks, -Dave Betz UUID: 33ea96b5-ada9-4480-a339-309807968811 OS: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) Default run level: 5 Language: en_US.UTF-8 Platform: i686 BogoMIPS: 2001.36 CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD CPU Model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ Number of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2000 System Memory: 1009 System Swap: 2047 Vendor: Shuttle Inc System: SK22V10 Form factor: desktop Kernel: 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 SELinux Enabled: True SELinux Enforce: targeted Devices ================================= (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, KEYBOARD, BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard (4358:12389:4121:258) pci, via-rhine, NETWORK, VT6102 [Rhine-II] (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (floppy.0) (4358:12548:4759:12416) pci, ehci_hcd, USB, USB 2.0 (None:None:None:None) scsi, sr, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) scsi, sd, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (None:None:None:None) firewire, Unknown, None, No Description (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (bluetooth) (None:None:None:None) serio, Unknown, None, i8042 AUX port (1118:35:None:None) usb, usbhid, OTHER, USB HID Interface (1134:21760:None:None) usb, usbhid, OTHER, USB HID Interface (1134:21760:None:None) usb, usbhid, OTHER, USB HID Interface (4358:1393:4759:12416) pci, pata_via, IDE, VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (None:None:None:None) pnp, parport_pc, None, Standard LPT printer port (4358:41528:0:0) pci, pcieport-driver, OTHER, K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (4358:49720:0:0) pci, pcieport-driver, OTHER, K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (vesafb.0) (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical? (4098:23408:4163:130) pci, Unknown, VIDEO, RV370 [Radeon X300SE] (None:None:None:None) platform, i8042, None, Platform Device (i8042) (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (pcspkr) (4358:12344:4759:12416) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (4358:12344:4759:12416) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (4358:12344:4759:12416) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (4358:12617:4759:12416) pci, sata_via, IDE, VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (4358:29494:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge (4358:4918:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge (4098:23392:4163:131) pci, Unknown, VIDEO, RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] (4358:9014:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge (4358:12839:4759:12416) pci, Unknown, OTHER, VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] (4130:4352:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration (4130:4353:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map (4130:4354:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller (4130:4355:0:0) pci, k8temp, OTHER, K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control (1356:564:None:None) usb, usb-storage, OTHER, USB Mass Storage Interface (None:None:None:None) net, Unknown, NETWORK, Networking Interface (4358:12356:4358:12356) pci, firewire_ohci, FIREWIRE, IEEE 1394 Host Controller (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (4358:13110:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge (4358:45448:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] (4358:12344:4759:12416) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (None:None:None:None) scsi, sd, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, MOUSE, Macintosh mouse button emulation (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, KEYBOARD, BTC USB Multimedia Keyboard (None:None:None:None) pnp, serial, None, 16550A-compatible COM port (1356:565:None:None) usb, Unknown, OTHER, USB Vendor Specific Interface (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, Power Button (CM) (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, Power Button (FF) (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (1592:2602:None:None) usb, Unknown, OTHER, USB Interface (None:None:None:None) tty, Unknown, None, 16550A-compatible COM port (None:None:None:None) platform, serial8250, None, Platform Device (serial8250) (None:None:None:None) serio, Unknown, None, i8042 KBD port (4358:12377:4759:50656) pci, VIA 82xx Audio, AUDIO, VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (4358:21302:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE I/O APIC Interrupt Controller (4358:822:4759:12416) pci, agpgart-amd64, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (4358:17206:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, K8M890CE Host Bridge </div></body></html>