I made the system a client on my local net to experiment and it seems that eth0 comes up just fine if I specify it as a static IP.
Unfortunately my ISP will not give me a static IP without chargeing more than I will ever be willing to spend.
This ISP is a royal pain in the 6 but I'm stuck with them due to the demographics of this area and financial limitations.
Another discovery is that it does not seem to detect eth1 at all. It's true that I don't have it plugged in to the network switch but shouldn't it at least pick up a new device? I've been checking the output of dmseg and /var/log/messages but I don't see any hint of eth1. It is a Netgear which I heard is problematic when used in tandem with an Athlon but this box is a K6-III. I had theorized that this would make a difference.
Jim C.
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