FC5 networking question, emachines t3418

[Kam Leo]

On 6/25/06, Peter Horst <phorst at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>  Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>  Peter Horst wrote:
>
>
>  [snip networking trouble]
>
>
>  Run ifconfig -a and post the output. If your machine have Firewire,
> it may be that your NIC is not eth0.
>
> Also, double check your ethernet cable connections to this computer.
> Is the light on the router for the port this cable is plugged into
> lighting up?
>
> Mikkel
>
>  I have checked the cable connnections. There are green lights on both ends.
>
>  Here's ifconfig -a:
>
>  eth0   Link encap:Ethernet   HWaddr 00:40:CA:90:E5:30
>            inet6 addr: fe80::240:caff:fe90:e530/64   Scope:Link
>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST   MTU: 1500  Metric:1
>            RX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets: 0  errors:0 dropped:28 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0  txqueuelen:1000
>            RX bytes:8760 (8.5 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
>            Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000
>
>  lo       Link encap:Local Loopback
>            inet addr: 127.0.0.1  Mask: 255.0.0.0
>            inet6 addr:  ::1/128 Scope: Host
>            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436  Metric: 1
>            RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>            RX bytes:1679 (1.6 KiB)  TX bytes:1679 (1.6 KiB)
>
>  sit0     Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>            NOARP MTU:1480  Metric:1
>            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
>            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>            RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
>  Thanks again!
>

Seems that everyone is telling you how to set up your interface using
CLI. Give the GUI utilitis a try:

In Gnome click on System->Administration->Network, select the
interface you want to configure, make sure that it is checked, then
click "Edit" icon. In the General tab make sure that the Nickname is
"eth0"; the box in front of "Activate device when computer starts" is
checked; "Automatically obtain IP address with" is selected/enabled
with  "dhcp" chosen from dropdown list; provide a hostname for your
computer; and check the box for "Automatically obtain DNS information
from provider".  Click "OK" after you are done.

Restart your computer or use "service network restart" from commandline.