eth0 cannot connect to dhcp

flamah · 02-26-2004, 09:28 PM

hello I hope you can help - i am having the following problem....

I have just installed redhat linux 9 it is straight out of the box and I accepted ALL the default options. But when booting up - the bit with all the OK's I get this error........
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Bringing up interface eth0.
Determining ip information for eth 0 failed; No link present, check cable?
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this means i cannot connect to the inet, I know there is nothing wrong with the physical connection as i can connect to the inet if i put a win98 drive in the PC.

I have a 3Com (3C905B-TX) network card

Any help on this matter would be very appreciated.

Tinkster · 02-27-2004, 01:48 AM

And is there supposedly a DHCP server
somewhere on the other end of the network
cable?

flamah · 02-27-2004, 06:01 AM

Yes and unfortantlly its my internet connection

ScooterB · 02-27-2004, 08:11 AM

You might try putting in the win98 drive, going to a cmd promt and getting all the ip information. "ipconfig /all" Write down all the info and then put in the Linux drive, start up, and config the ethernet card with that data. I know that the dhcp server may have re-assigned the ip address to another box by then but it may be worth a try. If it works it may just be somethig in the config file.

t3___ · 02-27-2004, 01:03 PM

Please do not post the same thread in more than one forum. Picking the most relevant forum and posting it once there makes it easier for other members to help you and keeps the discussion all in one place.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/rules.php

The origianl is here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...threadid=150888

ScooterB · 02-27-2004, 01:17 PM

I too found something that may be of interest. I did a search and found the following thread that addressess this issue: LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware > Pcmcia errors in Slackware 9. The thread id #94958 was posted around 9/20/2003. I don't know how to show it like t3___ so this is the best that I can do. I also found on another site a message thread and somebody replied that it might be the IRQ for the card (normally) being used by something else.