I have a strange problem. I cannot connect to the interent or even obtain an IP address. My ethernet network adater is detected and listed as eth0 which is correct because I have only one network device. Now when I log in as a normal user I can't even abtain an IP address, but when I log in as root and run the command I am assigned an IP address and connect to my cable internet service perfectly. I am wondering how do I get the system to keep these settings? because everytime I restart I have to re-type the above command for me to obtain an IP address. In the network config box I have it set to activate when the computer starts and Its set to obtain an IP address automatically with dhcp. On the DNS tab I have it set the primary DNS to 192.168.2.1(my router) and DNS search path to Belkin and my hostname is localhost.localdomain. It works with these settings after I run this cmd:
but when I restart I cannot connect anymore even though my settings are still exactly the same in the network config window. To get it to work again I have to type this cmd from the terminal on every re-boot as a root user
I was running SuSE 9.1 personal and that OS could connect to my network and internet just fine with no user interaction, the only reason I got rid of that OS is because it has no devel tools at all. Can someone please help me??? THis is really frustrating because I am typing this message right now on the problem red hat system, but I know as soon as I restart I will lose my connection and have to re-type from a terminal arrgggg

though i don't know how to do this
i think there is a tool that lets you run a specific command at startup
or u could create a script, and have that script run everytime u startup

i know its not very helpful, but maybe if u did some googling ud find something

thanks for responding, do you have any idea why Red Hat would have this problem?

i have no idea why it would have this problem.

also you have a .xinitrc file in your home folder for starting kde or whatever window manager you choose,
i think (though not sure cause it has nothing to do with a window manger) that you can put dhclient ath0 in there and that it will run the script on startup

sorry i cant be more helpful, but hope it helps

have you compiled your kernel with the right support? this is surely a loong shot, but i had a similar problem a few days ago. it was solved by compiling network support as modules.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it and post back
when you said ath0 you ment eth0 right?

In a terminal as root netconfig eth0

ok thanks

yeah eth0

for me its ath0...