reboot problems

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 12:18, Cliff Rogers wrote:
> I have a box with ClarkConnect (based on Redhat 7.2 I think) installed on it. It has two identical NIC's installed. I use it as a gateway/router for my LAN. Today I suffered a power outage and when my box rebooted it would not allow me access to the Internet. when I checked the config file for the NIC settings it shows the same IRQ and I/O addresses for each one. I have a couple questions:
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> 1. For a box with *nix installed and is rebooted, and it doesn't matter whether it was a power loss or a normal shutdown, is it normal for it to lose the configuration settings for a NIC? Is there someway I can fix this so that the settings are permanent?
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> 2. At the next Installfest what would I need to bring with me so that I can have someone help me verify all my settings? I would like to use this as a router and web server so that I can park some web pages on it.
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> Anyway, I would appreciate any ideas or suggestions you may have. Thanks, Cliff
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suggest that you move one of the NIC's to another slot if there's one
available. I have experienced your problem before when I have the NIC's
in adjacent slots.

Settings should be preserved upon reboot.

Craig