I have the following setup:

DLink DI-624 router (192.168.0.1)
WinXP Laptop wireless network (ip address via DHCP)
Win2000 Desktop (fixed 192.168.0.201)
Linux (FC4) Desktop (fixed 192.168.0.202)

Both desktops are cabled via ethernet to the router and have ip addresses outside the DHCP range of the router. The Win2K box works fine and connects to the outside world without a problem.

My linux box however, cannot ping anything (even the router 192.168.0.1) when it boots up. If I then reboot the router, the linux box is all fine and good and I can see everything on the network and get out to the internet.

Surely I shouldn't have to restart my router everytime I restart the linux box!?

Heres some config from the linux box:

[root@linux-box ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
HWADDR=00:60:67:30:F9:13
IPADDR=192.168.0.202
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
IPV6INIT=no

[root@linux-box etc]# cat resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.0.1

[root@linux-box etc]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether 00:60:67:30:f9:13 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.202/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::260:67ff:fe30:f913/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop
link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0

[root@linux-box etc]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

[root@linux-box etc]# arp
Address HWType HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.0.1 (incomplete) eth0

..and then after I reboot the router...

[root@linux-box etc]# arp
Address HWType HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.0.1 ether 00:0D:88:8E:08:C3 C eth0


Have I configured something wrong? Is it a simple change to a .conf file to fix the problem - or is this a fault with the Ethernet card (its an old "DEC 10/100 FastEthernet PCI" I had lying around ).

Any ideas would be gratefully received!

FC4 has a SELinux security setting I have heard a lot of problems people are experencing if this is enabled, have you enabled it? if it is enabled maybe try turning it off and see if that helps

That's about all I can think off, eveything else seems to be right

Thanks for looking - but I disabled that setting when I installed the FC4 (although I dont know where to look now to verify that!)

If you disabled it during installation then it's not on, i'm not at my fc4 box at the moment so I could tell how to checkit.

Anyone else have any suggestions as to how to proceed?
Should I just grab a different Ethernet card and see if the problem still occurs?
..or does this sound more like a configuration issue?

I'm completely stuck here!

Thanks

I borrowed a Ethernet card from someone yesterday and popped it into my machine to see if it made any difference.

It worked first time - I just added it in as 'eth1' and enabled it and then disabled the old "eth0" card.

Only logical conclusion is that the old card is stuffed!..

I now consider the matter closed!