FC5. Problem activating eth1 instead of eth0.

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Nat Gross wrote:

> On 6/27/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:59 -0400, Nat Gross wrote:
>> > >
>> > SOLVED!! I suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when I had
>> > network problems, I SHUT DOWN the ROUTERS, after changing nics (or
>> > whatever it was then). So, this is what I did now, and voila!
>> > Thank you all, and hope this helps.
>> > -nat
>> > ps. um Forgot to methion I also turned the routers back on<g>.
>> 
>> Routers tend to cache the arp associations (tcp/mac) for a
>> much longer time than other equipment - perhaps 20 minutes.
>> With Cisco's you can log into them and use the command
>> 'clear arp' instead of restarting - other routers probably
>> have similar commands.
>> 
> ****** ALAS! IT STRUCK AGAIN! IT *IS* the KERNEL! ********************
> Upon a subsequent reboot (why did I reboot!!), I went thru the
> rigmarole all over again. In the past 8 hours of more tinkering, I
> have ascertained that my original eth0 card works as well, if I shut
> off the system and reboot the old kernel. But the old kernel gives me
> some ati related problems (it's the first kernel shipped with FC5).
> Anyhow, on another machine, I also have FC5 and this latest kernel,
> but only one nic physically installed, and have NO problems.
> So, the question is, can I totally HIDE the eth1 nic from the os,
> as-if it didn't exist?
> Thanks;
> nat

Just curious:  Have you installed the initscripts RPM from updates-testing 
as I suggested in another thread?

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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