Hello,
I was browsing the net very well and without any issues for the past 15 days since I installed FC14. Fantastic experience and then suddenly yesterday after nearly 2 hours of a smooth online session I lost internet connectiivity.
At that point I noticed that the network icon on top was showing a red cross. After clicking on it I could NOT eth0. I specifically remember seeing it there before.
I checked the cables and the setting to no avail and just could not get it back. Any idea what I should be doing to see eth0 in the connection?
Also FYI I have been noticing this from day one since I installed FC14----When going through administration-->network-->One cannot see the red and GREEN activate button that I am used to seeing in FC9. In fc14 its greyed out. So I actually had to go and enter the /etc/init.d/network start command to change the status from inactivate to activate.
Also the network manager does not seem to be managing eth01 as it does not appear as an entry in its console.
Would appreciate very much some help.
My machine is good, its a dual core, 4 GB, 500GB machine.
Regards

Hi navneethr,
let's try to sort this out. At first glance it would seem there is a problem with your Ethernet adapter. However, before jumping into conclusions would you please post the output of:

$ ifconfig
# service network status

Also please check in Administration->Services the status of both NetworkManager and Network services.

And yes, eth0 (or the name of your network adapter) *should* appear when clicking the NetworkManager icon. However, in Administration->Network window the red and green buttons are greyed out even in my well-working F14 system.

In F14, there seems to be some sort of incompatibility between motherboard-integrated network adapters and separate Ethernet cards. I'm not yet quite sure of the cause of this. However, in my F14 system two separate Ethernet cards (Internet and LAN) work well under NetworkManager's control.

BR, anttyj