activating ethernet

[Jack Monflower]

hello,
i want to use a fedora box as a server and remove at some point the monitor.
for that, i need to be able to reboot it so it will start everything
smoothly.
however, i noticed that currently whenever i turn on the computer, i have to
go to the administration -> network and specifically "Activate" the network
ethernet device.
in addition, i have to restart httpd, mysqld and other servers which i want
to be started automatically.
i know the latter i can do in /etc/init.d/rc.local or something like that...
but how can i make sure that the ethernet gets activated automatically? this
is necessary, because otherwise i cannot ssh to the computer and need a
console access.

thanks
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