Problem setting up wired networking
Mike Chambers
mike at miketc.net
Tue Nov 11 19:36:19 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 19:25 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> Just realised - NM sees it as Auto eth1 - presumably the source of the problem
> in my last message. I'm guessing that this means I have two network services
> running and fighting it out. Maybe what I need now is some authoritative
> advice on dealing with this. Here's what I've tried so far -
>
> Stopped network service. Configured eth0 in NM applet - except that it still
> says Auto eth1.
>
> Rebooted - ifconfig tells me that I have eth1, but it is still on a dhcp
> address, not the static one I defined in the NM applet.
>
> Restarting network service says that eth0 is not present. How do I get it to
> use the NM settings?
>
> I see no sign of the wireless one at all now - it seems to have totally
> disappeared.
Look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file and see if
nm_controlled=yes is there, and if it has your dns/search type info, if
it gets dhcp or static, etc.. maybe post if need to. That file sort of
is main control between network device/the service/NM.
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Mike Chambers
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mikec302 at fedoraproject.org
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