On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 14:41 -0700, Allen K. Smith wrote: > * Interface is configured to not come up on boot. what does the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-ethX file look like? DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:30:1B:3E:46:1D ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet > > * Some failure to negotiate link the first time. What does dmesg say re: ethX > divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xb000, 00:30:1b:3e:46:1d, IRQ 10 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth0: link down eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 > * Router is a switch and is not bringing the link all the way up until spanning tree or some other L2 discovery protocol times out. If you are connecting into a switch, tell the switch that this port is connected to an end station. > > Good luck, > -Allen > > On Friday 14 April 2006 14:30, Cesar Covarrubias wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have installed RHEL 4 U2 AS on a new machine. The problem I am having > > is that when I boot the machine, I won't get an IP from the router. I > > have to unplug the cable from the nic or the router, plug it back in, > > and ifconfig it up. Any ideas why It would do this? > > -- > > Very Respectfully, > > Cesar Covarrubias > > cesar@xxxxxxx > > > -- Very Respectfully, Cesar Covarrubias Distributed Computing Support Network and Academic Computing Services University of California Irvine 949-824-6612 cesar@xxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
