The MAC address was added when I selected Bind to MAC Address using the Network Configration tool. I have tried the config with and without the Bind option selected.
Which file is the /etc/sysconfig/network master file? Ken --- Kenneth Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks okay, kinda weird you need to spec the MAC > address for > the card > thought, it should be able to figure that out for > itself. > I am presuming it is in the correct "format" for > this line. > > Anything funky in the /etc/sysconfig/network master > file? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Ken > Plumley > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:05 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable Modem > to > Internet > > > > > > Here is the config for these files: > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 > > > > USERCTL=yes > > PEERDNS=yes > > TYPE=Ethernet > > DEVICE=eth0 > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > ONBOOT=yes > > HWADDR= (the correct MAC is listed here) > > > > > > --- Kenneth Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > The network config tool may be broken,, have > you > > > looked > > > at the underlying //etc/sysconfig network > related > > > files? > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of > > > Kelerion > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:06 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable > Modem > > > to > > > Internet > > > > > > > > > > > > Your not messing/playing around with a 2.5 > or 2.6 > > > kernel > > > are you? > > > > > > > > I know from experience that dhcpclient > breaks > > > with those > > > > kernels.. The > > > > way I got around it was to set a static ip > (also > > > make > > > sure > > > > your gateway > > > > is correct) and that should help.. > > > > > > > > Don't know if this is what your doing but it > just > > > sounded > > > familiar to > > > > me.. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > Kel > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of Ken Plumley > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:36 PM > > > > To: Redhat List > > > > Subject: Ethernet & DHCP Fails on Cable > Modem to > > > Internet > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to setup an x86 box running red > hat > > > linux > > > > 8.0 to reach the internet using a cable > modem. I > > > used > > > > the Network Configuration tool to configure > eth0 > > > to > > > > automatically obtain > > > > IP address settings with DHCP and > automatically > > > obtain > > > DNS > > > > information > > > > from the ISP. When I try to activate eth0 > using > > > the > > > Network > > > > Configuration tool it fails with the > message: > > > Cannot > > > activate network > > > > device eth0. > > > > > > > > I can reach the internet using the same > cable > > > modem at > > > > the same location on a different machine > running > > > red > > > > hat 6.2 with eth0 configured for dhcp. > > > > > > > > Can some one please tell me how to configure > dhcp > > > on > > > > RH 8.0 to work with the cable modem? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web > site > > > design > > > software > > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design > software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
