Ethernet card does not work with FC2

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 07:58, Andrea Marin wrote:
> But when you lunch as root:
> 
> #ifconfig eth0
> 
> what happen?
> 
> If there is your network-interface whit the same parameter for the
> ip-address and mac-address is right.
> 
> But the service network is started?
> /etc/rc.c/init.d/network status
> 
> the answer maybe is like this
> 
> Configured devices:   
> lo eth0
> Currently active devices:
> lo eth0
> 
> If is like this is right, if in the Currently active devices there is
> only the loopback-interface it seams that your network is down and you
> must bring up whit the command :
> 
> /etc/rc.c/init.d/network start 
> 
> Now you can try to ping yourself whit the IP-Address of your intranet
> and after you can try to ping the other machines.
> 
> Bye Andrea

And once have the above excellent advice working you need to make sure
you have your default gateway configured correctly and valid DNS entries
in /etc/resolv.conf.

To check your gateway run:

netstat -rn

There should be a line with UG in it that is the default gateway.  This
should point to your LANs gateway, depending on setup this could be the
cable modem or a router that sits in front of the cable modem.

In /etc/resolv.conf there should be at least one hopefully 2 or 3
nameserver entries followed by IP addresses of your ISPs DNS servers.

Start by getting basic LAN connectivity and then check for default
gateway and DNS configuration.

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