Problem setting up wired networking

[Mike Chambers]

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 19:25 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:

> Just realised - NM sees it as Auto eth1 - presumably the source of the problem 
> in my last message.  I'm guessing that this means I have two network services 
> running and fighting it out.  Maybe what I need now is some authoritative 
> advice on dealing with this.  Here's what I've tried so far -
> 
> Stopped network service.  Configured eth0 in NM applet - except that it still 
> says Auto eth1.
> 
> Rebooted - ifconfig tells me that I have eth1, but it is still on a dhcp 
> address, not the static one I defined in the NM applet.
> 
> Restarting network service says that eth0 is not present.  How do I get it to 
> use the NM settings?
> 
> I see no sign of the wireless one at all now - it seems to have totally 
> disappeared.

Look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file and see if
nm_controlled=yes is there, and if it has your dns/search type info, if
it gets dhcp or static, etc.. maybe post if need to.  That file sort of
is main control between network device/the service/NM.

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Mike Chambers
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