Hi all,
I have installed Linux on a number of systems over the years, most
recently RedHat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10.
Before now (including several systems with RedHat 7.2 and
kernel 2.4.7-10) the network interfaces have all come up with
ifconfig showing:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
However, on the latest system on which I've installed RedHat 7.2 and
kernel 2.4.7-10 [a Compaq Presario with an Ethernet controller: PCI
device 8086:1031 (Intel Corporation) (rev 65), Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B,
eepro100 driver], ifconfig shows:
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
Of course, I can manually issue the ifconfig command at the prompt
ifconfig eth0 trailers multicast
and put the interface in the desired state.
My questions are these:
1. Where is this behavior governed?
2. How can I make it so that on boot up or the issuance of
/etc/init.d/network restart
brings it up in the desired state?
Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
David
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