Hello Brian, try 'route -n' and setup right routing. Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:39:01 AM, you wrote: PB> I am running PB> RH Linux oak 2.4.21-37.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Sep 7 13:28:55 EDT 2005 i686 PB> i686 i386 GNU/Linux PB> I have two NIC's. When I run ifconfig I see both interfaces, but only PB> one shows a running message. They are both up and usable, as I can ping PB> each one, and ssh to either one. I am certain that it is running, as PB> I've shut the primary down and can still ssh to the secondary. Why is PB> the RUNNING message not showing when I list it via ifconfig? This is PB> causing me troubles, because I am trying to install an Oracle ASM PB> instance, and the installer require that both of these interfaces show PB> RUNNING. PB> [root@oak init.d]# ifconfig PB> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:68 PB> inet addr:10.1.252.50 Bcast:10.1.252.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 PB> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 PB> RX packets:86995 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 PB> TX packets:116812 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 PB> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 PB> RX bytes:55107641 (52.5 Mb) TX bytes:70172109 (66.9 Mb) PB> Interrupt:25 PB> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:67 PB> inet addr:10.1.252.51 Bcast:10.1.252.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 PB> UP BROADCAST ??? MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 PB> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 PB> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 PB> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 PB> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) PB> Interrupt:26 PB> lo Link encap:Local Loopback PB> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 PB> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 PB> RX packets:51358 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 PB> TX packets:51358 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 PB> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 PB> RX bytes:1919953 (1.8 Mb) TX bytes:1919953 (1.8 Mb) PB> Thanx PB> Brian Pyle PB> Senior Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator PB> Chelan County PUD PB> P.O.Box 1231 PB> 327 N. Wenatchee Ave. PB> Wenatchee, WA 98807 PB> Phone: (509) 661-4386 PB> Fax: (509) 667-4217 PB> brian.pyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:brian.pyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Best regards, Vlad mailto:vlad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list