Re: eth0 problem & llinuxconf issue


Subject: Re: eth0 problem & llinuxconf issue
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 09:18:12 MST


On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Sean Riley wrote:
>
> The first is each time I boot into Linux my eth0 onborad adapter picks up an
> IP from my dhcp server seemingly fine, but the interface shows errors and
> dropped packets. It also doesn't seem to get the default gateway correctly
> as external sites are unavailible via straight IP address pings
>
> inet addr:192.168.1.201 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:35170 errors:6 dropped:220 overruns:0 frame:6
> TX packets:35429 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:14 Base address:0x1000
>
> I can resolve this by running /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown eth0 and
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup eth0, and everything is fine

Try using dhcpcd instead of pump.

> Second issue is linuxconf from Xwindows or the console does not save any
> data. No matter what I enter under eth0 config. it always shows up blank
> again. I can get around this too, but it is an annoyance.

As you've discovered, linuxconf has some serious problems.

-Hollis



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