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Re: eth0 stopped working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Sharpe)
Mon Nov 2 16:32:02 1998
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 13:25:54 -0800
From: Jeff Sharpe <jeff@sfg.com>
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Adam Getchell wrote:
>
> I've applied all the security patches, and I was busy last week) I have the
> same symptoms, eth0 doesn't work. I can try to activate the interface using
> netconfig, but that does not work (though it claims eth0 is active until I
> save and then rerun network configurator).
>
> So, are there suggestions to solve this? I've read through the RedHat
> errata, system admin guide, and net admin guide, but I so far have not
> found a solution to this problem.
My own ethernet card needs to have the kernel module specified for it to
work, meaning netcfg and manually setting the interface doesn't work.
Try using linuxconf, and in the devices section specify the module for
your device.
Hope that helps.
J
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