Assigning a static IP address hangs system???
I'm trying to install a fibre channel network device. This is a Fibre Channel over IP card and (when working) acts similarly to an ethernet card (ipfc0 instead of eth0).
I've managed to install the driver modules successfully and I can run ifconfig and see the card listed there. However, when I try and assign a static IP address, the system hangs! I originally thought that if I add the line alias net-pf-10 off to the modprobe.conf file, this would solve the problem. Still no worky. Please help!!! Note: I'm running RHEL5 (kernel 2.6.18-8). |
The line entry in /etc/modproble.conf "alias net-pf-10 off' disables IPv6 networking but a bit more is required. Check you /etc/hosts file, RHEL5 defaults to the IPv6 configuration which is not the best choice in the USA and other places.
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes NETWORKING_IPV6=no <<---see this line NOZEROCONF=yes <<--this is nice also And each /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-XXXX file needs a line entry; IPADDR=192.168.0.62 <<--Local IP address of the device NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.0.10 <<--this could be the IP address of your local system or the destination DOMAIN= ONBOOT=yes ONHOTPLUG=yes USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no <<--the IPv6 line entry |
Thanks a lot! This is all i needed...
It works now. |
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