Ethernet card does not work with FC2

[Alberto M R Davila]

--- jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 04:10, John Morrison 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
> Something simple. Does your netmask match the network netmask?

Hi, I am not an expert.. so, how I should check this in FC2 ?

Thanks, Alberto


		
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