FC5. Problem activating eth1 instead of eth0.

[Nat Gross]

On 6/27/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:59 -0400, Nat Gross wrote:
> > >
> > SOLVED!! I suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when I had
> > network problems, I SHUT DOWN the ROUTERS, after changing nics (or
> > whatever it was then). So, this is what I did now, and voila!
> > Thank you all, and hope this helps.
> > -nat
> > ps. um Forgot to methion I also turned the routers back on<g>.
>
> Routers tend to cache the arp associations (tcp/mac) for a
> much longer time than other equipment - perhaps 20 minutes.
> With Cisco's you can log into them and use the command
> 'clear arp' instead of restarting - other routers probably
> have similar commands.
>
****** ALAS! IT STRUCK AGAIN! IT *IS* the KERNEL! ********************
Upon a subsequent reboot (why did I reboot!!), I went thru the
rigmarole all over again. In the past 8 hours of more tinkering, I
have ascertained that my original eth0 card works as well, if I shut
off the system and reboot the old kernel. But the old kernel gives me
some ati related problems (it's the first kernel shipped with FC5).
Anyhow, on another machine, I also have FC5 and this latest kernel,
but only one nic physically installed, and have NO problems.
So, the question is, can I totally HIDE the eth1 nic from the os,
as-if it didn't exist?
Thanks;
nat