question connecting fedora to comcast

[Jeff Kinz]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:28:11PM -0400, Tatara wrote:
> $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
> IPADDR=192.168.1.98
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> NETWORK=192.168.1.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=no
> TYPE=Ethernet


Hi Eric, 
Your ifcfg-eth0 has too much stuff in it.
this is all you need in it: (3 lines)

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes


Then make sure the file "/etc/sysconfig/network"
(Thats in the directory above the one where ifcfg-eth0 resides)
looks like this:

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=redline
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
FORWARD_IPV4=YES


Then issue the command : "service network restart"


This configuration will simplify your life.

Note: this info applies for the regular wrt54g behavior, which
is to use dhcp to issue an IP address to your PC(Linux or WIN) when
the network service on the PC initializes.  Your config is ignoring that
by issuing a static IP to your ethernet card.  Unless you've modified 
the config of your router you shouldn't do that.

The fact that your ifconfig -a dump shows the eth0 interface is both
receiving and transmitting packets indicates that your kernel modules
are already as complete as they need to be and are working fine.


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