ipconfig No RUNNING message

[Vlad]

Hello Brian,

try 'route -n' and setup right routing.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:39:01 AM, you wrote:

PB> I am running 
 
PB> RH Linux oak 2.4.21-37.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Sep 7 13:28:55 EDT 2005 i686
PB> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
 
PB> I have two NIC's.  When I run ifconfig I see both interfaces, but only
PB> one shows a running message.  They are both up and usable, as I can ping
PB> each one, and ssh to either one.  I am certain that it is running, as
PB> I've shut the primary down and can still ssh to the secondary.  Why is
PB> the RUNNING message not showing when I list it via ifconfig?  This is
PB> causing me troubles, because I am trying to install an Oracle ASM
PB> instance, and the installer require that both of these interfaces show
PB> RUNNING.
 
PB> [root at oak init.d]# ifconfig
PB> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:68
PB>           inet addr:10.1.252.50  Bcast:10.1.252.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
PB>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
PB>           RX packets:86995 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
PB>           TX packets:116812 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
PB>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
PB>           RX bytes:55107641 (52.5 Mb)  TX bytes:70172109 (66.9 Mb)
PB>           Interrupt:25
 
PB> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:79:93:BC:67
PB>           inet addr:10.1.252.51  Bcast:10.1.252.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
PB>           UP BROADCAST ??? MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
PB>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
PB>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
PB>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
PB>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
PB>           Interrupt:26
 
PB> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
PB>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
PB>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
PB>           RX packets:51358 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
PB>           TX packets:51358 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
PB>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
PB>           RX bytes:1919953 (1.8 Mb)  TX bytes:1919953 (1.8 Mb)

 

PB> Thanx 
PB> Brian Pyle
PB> Senior Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator
PB> Chelan County PUD
PB> P.O.Box 1231
PB> 327 N. Wenatchee Ave.
PB> Wenatchee,  WA  98807 
  
PB> Phone: (509) 661-4386
PB> Fax:     (509) 667-4217 
  
PB> brian.pyle at chelanpud.org <mailto:brian.pyle at chelanpud.org>  


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Best regards,
 Vlad                            mailto:vlad at nkmz.donetsk.ua