Ethernet card does not work with FC2

[Alberto M R Davila]

Hi,

The "network device control" is like this:

Status Device Nickname
Active eth0    eth0

Looks OK but does * not * work ... how I could configure manually ?

Thanks, Alberto



--- John Morrison <jmorrison at snspix.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 01:56, Alberto M R Davila wrote:
> > I just installed FC2 in my toshiba satellite 4600 laptop (pentium 3)
> and
> > the ethernet card is not working even the "redhat-config-network"
> shows
> > eth0 is "Active"...  I tried a new installation (formatting
> partitions)
> > but it does not work as well... curiously during boot the eth0 is
> loaded
> > "OK". I tried the "linux rescue" boot with the disk 1 of FC2 and
> > nothing... but when I try the "linux rescue" of FC1 the eth0 works...
> > "ping" from and to the laptop does not work. My "firewall" is enabled
> to
> > allow only SSH connections... btw, my sound card was not recognized
> after
> > installation as well, the test failed... any tips how I could
> conifgure
> > the eth0 manually ? Everything used to work fine when I was using FC1
> in
> > the same laptop ;-)
> > 
> > Thanks for any tips you may send.
> > 
> > Cheers, Alberto
> Alberto,
> 
> I had a problem when I first installed FC2 with ethernet cards being
> given a different device name from FC1. I have two network cards and
> eth0 became eth1 and vice versa. I realise that you may only have one
> card but it is worth checking that the device name has not changed
> somewhere. Check redhat->system tools-> network device control.
> 
> --
> John
> 
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