Hi All,

problem: internet won't reactivate after reboot

just installed fc3, went fine, activated my one nic card and got on net just fine, but upon reboot it doesn't reconnect to internet. this will be important as it'll be a remote server rebooted remotely, LOL! I checked the network setup and it IS set to activate upon reboot.

I have one nic, one network device named eth0:1 and it is set to activate when computer starts, but it doesn't. When I manually activate it, my net connection is fine.

How do I troubleshoot this to determine why it doesn't activate upon reboot?

Here is my ifconfig info, before and after manual activation

before - (not working)
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[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3039384 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:3039384 (2.8 MiB)

after - (is working but will revert to above on reboot)
----------------------------
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:B0:0C:60
inet6 addr: fe80::250:baff:feb0:c60/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:120 (120.0 b) TX bytes:2931 (2.8 KiB)
Interrupt:193 Base address:0x2000

eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:B0:0C:60
inet addr:216.153.214.234 Bcast:216.153.214.255 Mask:255.255.255.192 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:193 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2620 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3039384 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:3039384 (2.8 MiB)


Thx all

To get eth0:1 up at boot, eth0 must also be started..

Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 & eth0:1 and make sure ONBOOT=yes

Thx Peter,

I'm not sure but I may have inadvertently deleted it thinking it was just a failed instance. What would I do to recreate it?

check file
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and if it has been deleted then in a terminal window open an editor
for instance
gedit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and add the line
ONBOOT=yes
and also for eth1

dear friend

please compelete this file ----> vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:1 with these items

DEVICE=eth0:1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=216.153.214.234
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
BROADCAST=216.153.214.255
NETWORK=255.255.255.192


then type :

/etc/init.d/network stop
/etc/init.d/network start

if failed.......type

ifconfig eth0:1 down
ifconfig eth0:1 up



you can reboot many times

thx all, I'm reinstalling for other reasons, I'll see how it goes and pay attention to above, thx