Network Management - probably pebcak needs sorting

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 08 March 2010 16:36:25 Martin Kho wrote:
> On Monday 08 March 2010 17:17:51 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 08 March 2010 16:09:44 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> > > On 03/08/2010 12:06 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Monday 08 March 2010 15:55:45 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > >> On Monday 08 March 2010 14:37:47 Thomas Janssen wrote:
> > > >>> Do try the NetoworkManager-gnome (nm-applet). I had a different
> > > >>> problem, not solvable with knetworkmanager, but with nm-applet.
> > > >> 
> > > >> I could try it again, but of course the reason I was trying knetwork
> > > >> manager was because NetworkManager-gnome wasn't working.  Still,
> > > >> it's worth a try, since I tried to change over before the 4.4.1
> > > >> update. I'll report back.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there no way of restarting things like this, without rebooting?
> > > > It's beginning to feel like windows!  AIUI the command 'service
> > > > network restart' can't be used if NetworkManager-gnome is to control
> > > > it.  Is that right?
> > > 
> > > service NetworkManager restart
> > 
> > service NetworkManager restart
> > Stopping NetworkManager daemon:                            [  OK  ]
> > Setting network parameters...                              [  OK  ]
> > Starting NetworkManager daemon:                            [  OK  ]
> > [root at anne-laptop ~]# ifup eth0
> > 
> > Determining IP information for eth0...dhclient(6296) is already running -
> > exiting.
> > 
> > This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available
> > on ftp.isc.org.  Features have been added and other changes
> > have been made to the base software release in order to make
> > it work better with this distribution.
> > 
> > Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site:
> >     http://bugzilla.redhat.com
> > 
> > exiting.
> > 
> >  failed.
> > 
> > I think I'm beaten.
> > 
> > Just one thought - I have no idea why, but on this laptop eth0 is defined
> > as the wireless interface and eth1 is the cabled one.  I didn't do this -
> > the setup did - but I'm beginning to wonder whether it's relevant.
> 
> What have in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[0,1]? Do they exist?
> 
Experimenting in system-config-network I changed eth0 to wlan0, but ifup wlan0 
gives the same errors.

ifcfg-wlan0
# Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ONBOOT=yes
DNS2=212.23.3.100
TYPE=Wireless
DNS1=192.168.0.1
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=yes
MODE=Managed
RATE=auto
ESSID=
CHANNEL=

(the firmware is installed)

ifcfg-eth1
# Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
IPV6INIT=no
USERCTL=no

Anne
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