determining IP information for eth0 failed!

me99 · 01-11-2008, 03:13 PM

Network not available.
Trying to connect to Internet but cannot do it. How can I activate the device, would anyone has an idea?
Thanks

acid_kewpie · 01-11-2008, 03:20 PM

you've literally told us nothing at all about your situation... what is "the device"? what kind of internet connection are you using? what distro?

me99 · 01-11-2008, 04:16 PM

Sorry, I would not expect to be that device dependent. It’s Intel Ethernet express/100, 82557. It does recognize the device but it is “inactive”. I use ifconfig but the RX packets=0. So, it does not even connects to network but the lights are on.
Do I need to do anything with IPV6INIT=0 that is in the config file?

acid_kewpie · 01-11-2008, 04:21 PM

OK, so it's ethernet, that's vastly important. So again, what does "inactive" come from? what distro is this? please actually list real details. ipv6 will not matter here, but then you've not said what config file you're even looking at. there *might* be an "ONBOOT" option in there which should be yes...

me99 · 01-11-2008, 04:38 PM

The file is: ifcfg-eth0
Device=eth0
Bootproto=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
Type=Ethernet

acid_kewpie · 01-11-2008, 04:43 PM

may be the wrong cable, do you need an xover cable instead of a straight one? one that hasn't been gnawed by a mouse? is there a dhcp server running to provide the address you need? what if you manually assign an IP?

me99 · 01-11-2008, 04:49 PM

Well, I get to Internet on my windows via dhcp and that is why I did not think I would need to assign an IP!? I’ll try to assign one.

theNbomr · 01-11-2008, 06:56 PM

At a commandline as root (or use sudo) try

Code:

ifup eth0

Report the results here.
Possibly useful:

Code:

/sbin/lspci

--- rod.

me99 · 01-11-2008, 10:21 PM

I ran the ifup eth0 and that failed
/sbin/lspci reported Ethernet controller: Intel corporation 82557/8/9 ethernet pro 100 rev01

me99 · 01-12-2008, 02:35 PM

I got the card activated!? I am not sure how but it is working now. But it will not connect to internet! Actually, if it will make any attempts it will kill the connection on my windows!? I guess, it has to do something with the router?

me99 · 01-13-2008, 12:01 PM

It was the NIC that caused the problems. I even installed UBUNDU over RHell5 and when that did not work I replaced the Intel NIC for Linksys NIC and it is working right on!