david wrote: <snip tale 'o' woe> > Runlevel is N 3 > Network Status reveals three configured devices, and active are "lo eth0" > > ifcfg-eth0 is as you describe > > Performing "service network start" and "chkconfig network on" and a > reboot did not solve the problem. eth0 had an ipv6 address, but no > inet addr, which means it's not going to work in my home network. > > I then added to the file /etc/sysctl.conf > the line: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 > and rebooted. > > Still no IP address, and when I issued "service network restart" I get: > failed: no link present. Check cable? > Try, as root, ethtool eth0. > HOWEVER, pulling the ethernet cable and re-inserting it, then issuing > "service network restart" got a valid address. After a reboot, > again it didn't work. However, after waiting a while, I tried > "network start", got some messages about a file existing, and got an > IP address. *That* sounds like you've got a cable/jack problem. Nearly trip over the cable recently? mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos