Problem setting up wired networking

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 07:39:17PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've just completed an install of a rawhide snapshot, approximately one week 
> old.  I was not able to configure the network during the install, so I'm doing 
> it now.  Unusually, the wireless network has set up without a problem but the 
> wired connection is failing to set.  The 'OK' remains greyed out.

Do not let NetworkManager to handle your static connections.  It
will mess up badly.  OTOH it is quite possible that you run into
that bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459017

> Is it necessary to give a MAC address during setup?

No.

> I confess I don't know 
> how to get it until I have a connection.

'ip link' will show that but you should not care.

    Michal