Problem setting up wired networking

[cornel panceac]

2008/11/11 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>

> On Monday 10 November 2008 21:22:55 Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 07:39:17PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > I've just completed an install of a rawhide snapshot, approximately one
> > > week old.  I was not able to configure the network during the install,
> so
> > > I'm doing it now.  Unusually, the wireless network has set up without a
> > > problem but the wired connection is failing to set.  The 'OK' remains
> > > greyed out.
> >
> > Do not let NetworkManager to handle your static connections.  It
> > will mess up badly.  OTOH it is quite possible that you run into
> > that bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459017
> >
> It's very odd.  System-config-nework shows all the correct settings for
> static
> IP, but 'Activate' has no effect


is the NetworkManager service stopped?
is the network service running?

>
>
> > > Is it necessary to give a MAC address during setup?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > > I confess I don't know
> > > how to get it until I have a connection.
> >
> > 'ip link' will show that but you should not care.
> >
> OK, thanks
>
> Anne
>
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