First I looked into the two config files,

ifcfg-eth0:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
IPADDR=192.168.0.254
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
ONBOOT=yes

ifcfg-eth1:

DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

then I ran ifconfig,

eth0	Link encap: etc
	inet addr: etc
	UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU: yadda yadda
	RX packets:
	TX packets:
	collisions:
	RX bytes:
	Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00
lo	several lines here

and finally I tried "ifup eth1" and in short, it failed.

Usually I can fix things by just reinstalling, this time with both of the
cards already installed.
It's a clumsy solution but I don't know how, otherwise.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Craig
> White
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:14 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: New install NIC problem
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 21:11, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> > I installed k12ltsp(Red Hat) today and since it's ltsp it set my nic
> > "VT3043(Rhine)" to the local network.
> > I've been using that nic for my cable modem connection. Since I
> have a dual
> > boot system now, I installed a second nic "DECchip 21041(Tulip
> Pass 3)" to
> > now use for my internet connection for each OS.
> > XP took it just fine, but RH was a different story.
> > Upon booting it found the new hw and I right away checked the uhhh, you
> > know, the auto thing since my isp provides ip's dynamically.
> > Further into the boot it brought up the eth0 ok, but FAILED on eth1.
> > How do I fix that?
> -----
> Cable modems lock into the MAC address of the NIC. If you attempt to
> change NIC's, you must power the cable modem off for several minutes -
> this will cause it to reset, reload it's configuration from the TFTP
> servers on Cox's network and permit you to change NIC's.
>
> I know of no other way to do this.
>
> try ifconfig - what does it report?
>
> look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
>
> does it look like... (I'm guessing at this because I don't use dhcp)
>
> DEVICE='eth1'
> BROADCAST=''
> IPADDR=''
> NETMASK=''
> NETWORK=''
> ONBOOT='yes'
> BOOTPROTO='DHCP'
>
> if so, try - ifup eth1
>
> Craig
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