dear friends, i installed FC10 with a fixed IP network. Now a strange thing is goingon....each time i reboot my machine, NETMASK and GATEWAY becomes same. So i have to clear them manually and then check for ifup and service network restart.

this is my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file. can anyone suggest me something?

you really haven't described what the problem is. What does "NETMASK and GATEWAY becomes same" mean?

means the value of NETMASK and GETWAY becomes SAME...though i have changed it....like after booting, what i get is something like
NETMASK=255.255.255.123
IPADDR=###.###.###.###
GATEWAY=255.255.255.123

which is not really what i have supplied

You are making this as hard as possible to answer aren't you?

If I read you initial post correctly, then /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 has thee set at the same value to start with (but you've obfuscated the real values so no one can really tell).

How have you change it? Are you using a graphical tool or are you editing the file directly?

If you are using network manager, edit the file directly.

If you are editing the file directly, then frankly, given my experiences with Fedora over the years, I'd simply re-install.

Next time you post, read what you've posted and decide if you've really provided a clear description of your problem and a good description of what you have tried. You have been overly brief and as mentioned above, trying to hide IP's and the like makes solving these problems much more difficult.

Billy this deals with the same as on my post
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...10-box-686523/
There is a bug on it on bugzilla.also seen in bugzilla that there are aperently a system-config-network update. however it dont seem to have been pushed to the repository the update was

system-config-network-1.5.94-2.fc10.noarch.rpm

havent seen it yet on the update list so i did go to the update mirror and dl it there but wont install due to missing dependancies.

dear billy,
i think i am explicit enough but you probably had some understanding problem.....

Hello there,
I have just installed Fedora 10 on a Dell Coe-duo, and you are quite right! Everytime I enter 255.255.255.0 in the net mask the software ignores this and replaces it with the settings for Gateway.
This blocks the network becoming operational, so if there was a patch avaialable, it would be difficult to download it!
I have two other problems as well.
Fedora 10 doesnt allow you to log as Root, so its not easy to manually change any settings.
Lastly , the Grub settings are now invalid for the Windows XP option, so I have lost WIndows for the moment. The Anaconda package skipped merrily over the boot settings I thought, leaving me with this state.

Any assistance greatly appeciated!!!!


Mike

No, your explanation is poor.

Billy

Do you have any knowledge about that update?

"system-config-network-1.5.94-2"

if it will be pushed out soon ?

Don't know I'm afraid andy

What I did to get around this problem:
remove network manager
edit ifcfg-eth0 to correct entries as needed.
If you want it start on boot, go into services and change "network" options.

pk108 is right. Remove or disable Network Manager if you're directly editing your ifcfg-eth# file. Or use the Network Manager to set the static info and don't touch the ifcfg-eth# file at all. Either one of these should work.

Well it seems like a bug for now. The only way out is disable network manager. Next, open the /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 file and edit the netmask and the gateway entries in it using gedit or kedit or whatever.
Go to the /etc/networks file and add a default gateway.
Restart your machine and you should be good to go...
hope that helps
http://fedora10onacer4720.blogspot.com/
nishith