Fedora 17 ipv4 inactive

[Rick Stevens]

On 03/20/2013 12:07 PM, Frank Murphy issued this missive:
> Have googled, and done all I can think
>
> NIC works fine with F17-boot disc in rescue mode.
> cat5 cables have been changed and work on other nodes.
> Box normally gets it's reserved-ip from Dovado router.
> Jumbo frames disabled on everything
>
> # ifconfig eth0 up
> # ifconfig
> eth0: flags=-28669<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC>  mtu 1500
>          ether 00:22:3f:f1:f2:d8  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>          RX packets 21  bytes 2853 (2.7 KiB)
>          RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>          TX packets 6  bytes 468 (468.0 B)
>          TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
>          inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
>          inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
>          loop  txqueuelen 0  (Local Loopback)
>          RX packets 12  bytes 840 (840.0 B)
>          RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>          TX packets 12  bytes 840 (840.0 B)
>          TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> # cat ifcfg-eth0
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> TYPE=Ethernet
> HWADDR=00:22:3f:f1:f2:d8
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=mybox
> ONBOOT=yes
> IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
> NM_CONTROLLED=no
> USERCTL=yes
> PEERDNS=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
> NETWORKING_IPV6=no

"ifconfig eth0 up" does NOT invoke the DHCP client software needed
to get an IP from your DHCP server. The old "ifup eth0" should do it, or
run the dhclient app yourself (as root).

	# ifconfig eth0 up
	# dhclient eth0

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