Question about network setup

[Edward]

Jack Wang wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> My OS is Red Hat 9.0. I use DSL and wireless router.
> I set up the network by using "Network Device Control"
> of Red Hat. The problem is that everytime I reboot the
> machine, I need to re-activate the eth0 device. After
> that the network works fine. I have selected "activate
> the network device automatically when booting up". Why
> it does not work?

Check the logs, and let us know why it's not starting. We may be able to 
help you further then.

> Another question is that there is only one line in the
> file /etc/hosts, which is:
> 192.167.7.12   mypc
> 
> Is it correct?
> 

Not usually no, even the default hosts file has a comment to NEVER 
remove the local host entry.

Regards,
Ed.