Determining IP information for eth0 failed

[Bert Haskins]

St0rM wrote:

>> In /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 I have: USERCTL=yes 
>> PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:40:f4:6f:b4:90 
>> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>> (Information for NETMASK, DOMAIN, IPADDR, DHCP_HOSTNAME, GATEWAY, 
>> NETWORK and BROADCAST
>> seem to be missing. Should I fill in these myself,(and with which 
>> values), or should
>> DHCP/something else do this for me?) 
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I can't connect either.
This used to work!  and still does under Mandrake 9.2 and W98SE.
My ............ifcfg-eth0 adds:
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
PEERDNS=yes

> Other than that and a Xercom PCMCIA card I walking in your shoes.

I have this problem with two FC1 ( laptop ) installations and again
they both used to work.
I will keep trying to find the problem.
TIA for any suggestions.
     Bert

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