No IP on boot

[Mike Burger]

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Cesar Covarrubias wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 14:41 -0700, Allen K. Smith wrote:
>> * Interface is configured to not come up on boot. what does the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-ethX file look like?
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> HWADDR=00:30:1B:3E:46:1D
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet

While not necessarily the root of your issue, you could drop the HWADDR 
line and the TYPE line...the fact that the device name is eth0 is pretty 
much indicative of the type of connection, and the card is going to send 
it's MAC address, anyhow.

>> * Some failure to negotiate link the first time. What does dmesg say re: ethX
>> divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
>
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xb000, 00:30:1b:3e:46:1d, IRQ 10
> eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
> eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> eth0: link down
> eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1

Ok...it's trying to pull an IPv6 address, and your router isn't serving 
one up.


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