ipconfig No RUNNING message

[Ed Wilts]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:39:01PM -0700, Pyle, Brian wrote:
> I have two NIC's.  When I run ifconfig I see both interfaces, but only
> one shows a running message.  They are both up and usable, as I can ping
> each one, and ssh to either one.  I am certain that it is running, as
> I've shut the primary down and can still ssh to the secondary.  Why is
> the RUNNING message not showing when I list it via ifconfig?  This is
> causing me troubles, because I am trying to install an Oracle ASM
> instance, and the installer require that both of these interfaces show
> RUNNING.
>  
> [root at oak init.d]# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:68
>           inet addr:10.1.252.50  Bcast:10.1.252.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>  
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:67
>           inet addr:10.1.252.51  Bcast:10.1.252.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST ??? MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

This is not a valid configuration - you've got 2 interfaces on the same
subnet.  What are you trying to do?  

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