Usually, after a clean installation of RH 7.1, I am able to have internet access.

This time, after a clean installation, I am unable to have internet access.

I used this command "sbin/ifconfig", and there is on "lo".
No eth0.


I used netcfg to get into Network Configurator, and the settings are...

Names tab:
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Hostname: localhost.localdomain
Domain: localdomain
Search for hostnames in additional domains:
<blank>
Nameservers:
<blank>

Hosts tab:
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127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost


Interfaces tab:
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lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active
irlan0 dhcp yes inactive
eth0 dhcp yes inactive

Routing tab:
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<Nothing is in here>


I tried remove and add eth0, deactivate, and activate..but failed.

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Determining IP information for eth0....Operation failed
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I use LinkSys hardware.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution?

You'll need to be more specific, which Linksys card are you using? It might not be one that is supported by Red Hat natively, and you will need to see if Linksys has a Lijnux driver for it.

It is either a LinkSys Wireless switch or router. I cannot pull this switch/router out to check because my brother nailed it under the table. I am able to see the word "SMC" on top of it.

I am able to access it with 192.168.1.1, and see the confirguration.

I think it is compatible with Linux, because it worked before.


Before, I was enjoying DHCP to do everything.

I think uuallan believed that you were referring to the network adapter when you said "Linksys hardware".

Your problem is probably with the network/lan adapter, not the switch or router that you're using.

Are you sure that the network card that you're using is supported under RedHat 7.1?

Originally posted by bitserve
I think uuallan believed that you were referring to the network adapter when you said "Linksys hardware".

Your problem is probably with the network/lan adapter, not the switch or router that you're using.

Are you sure that the network card that you're using is supported under RedHat 7.1?

Asia -- bitserve is correct. You need to have drivers for the network card. If it is an SMC wireless LAN card you may have some trouble running it under Red Har 7.1. The drivers that are available from SMC are designed for the 2.2 kernel, and I do not think they have released 2,4 kernel drivers.

I think that makes sense.

I have a 3com 3c905c-txm, I went to http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linuxdownloads.htm
to find a driver. I guess it just support up to RH 6.1.

Weird thing is it worked before.

Was your previous 7.1 install an upgrade? If it was, then it may have worked simply because the drivers were already there, so 7.1 didn't overrwrite the system settings...

If not, you may just have gotten lucky :).

I got it to work now.

NIC was unplugged (loose).

Thank you!