This is the first time I have attempted Linux networking after years out of Linux territory.

I've been trying to activate networking for Red Hat Linux 9 so I went to Start>System Tools>Network Device Control> I found eth0 incactive so I went to Configure but when I tried activating it I get a "Warning: redat-config-network: Cannot activate network device eth0".

I restarted the computer and while Red Hat 9 is booting it slowed down on "determining ip address for eth0". After a while it went red and indicated "failed". The odd part is that when I freshly installed Red Hat 9, it autodetected the network card with no problem.

How can I fix this?

Just a guess:

Maybe it's trying to pull an IP from a DHCP server and failing?

Have you tried to set the IP manually?

Zackarya

I haven't put nor modified any information yet. What IP should I put in, the windows side or the linux?

As zackarya said, try this for testing:

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

And then check with
#ifconfig -a

and # ping 192.168.1.2

I went to start>sytem tools>terminal and typed in the commands that you indicated, pronoy.

Nothing is happening.

you should let the CLI handle this. I hate GUI's for works other than browsing and reading mails.edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and copy-paste these lines (only)
then do
type
then
let other workstations ip be 192.168.0.2 and increase the last octet to 254 if you have that many machines.

also see if your /etc/sysconfig/network file has the following lines

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I'm getting a "no such file or directory". How can I get past this?

Are you sure the card is functioning properly? Try Windows or a live distro to test it.

I'm getting no problems with it using windows but the lan card is onboard the motherboard which is a ecs k7vta

what does 'mii-tool' says? see if your network card is properly installed and detected. also do a '/etc/init.d/kudzu start' before doing mii-tool. if kudzu detects your nic do a lsmod to see what module it is loading for your nic then put a alias in your /etc/modules.conf file--> alias eth0 module_name

Sounds like a driver problem. Any other hardware info from the MFG? or maybe a driver resource?

you can delete it.And configurate it again.maybe it go run.