Where do you enter the IP address, netmask, etc? What ethernet card do you have? Which device driver do you use? Did anybody verify the driver is working?
-Mark On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Eric C. Moloy wrote: > I SENT THE FOLLOWING IN MESSAGE #2, VOL 1 #69: > > Hello. I am getting started with Red Hat 7.1 for the first time, and I am > having trouble connecting to the web. The eth0 device fails to inititalize > at startup. The following settings appear for the eth0 device: > > IP address -> entered correctly > netmask -> 255.255.255.0 > network -> 169.237.204.0 > broadcast -> 169.237.204.255 > > after startup, I activate the eth0 device and try to connect. I get an > unknown hosts error message. The error message suggests that I may have to > set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point tot he appropriate name > server. > > Any suggestions? Thanks very much. > > SOMEONE THEN REQUESTED THE RESULTS FROM THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS IN THE > COMMAND SHELL IN ROOT: > > # ifconifg > # ifconfig eth0 > > THE FOLLOWING IS OUTPUT FROM THE COMMAND SHELL IN ROOT: > > [root@penguin /root]# ifconfig > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > [root@penguin /root]# ifconfig eth0 > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > ADDITIONAL INFO > > [root@penguin /root]# cd /dev > [root@penguin /dev]# ./MAKEDEV eth0 > don't know how to make device "eth0" > > I HAVE TRIED TO INSTALL eth0 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES WITHOUT LUCK. A > BUDDY OF MINE IS VERY GOOD WITH UNIX AND HE CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE > PROBLEM IS. I HAD RED HAT INSTALLED AT ONE OF YOUR INSTALL-FESTS. Thanks! > > Regards - ECM > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
