eth0 won't come up

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Author: Craig White
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Subject: eth0 won't come up
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> I will get more detail on the actual interface and ipchains rules out this evening. I am at work now.
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> It is a ethernet port built into the motherboard on a Compaq computer. It is not Linksys though it may be the same chip set. It reports as a "DEC"something-or-other as I recall.
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> The frustrating part is that RH7.1 worked fine. RH7.2 is broken. Not an unheard of sequence in any OS release but it is still frustrating.
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Tulip drivers haven't been consistent thru various kernels.

I tend to use the DEC4x5 whenever possible - it may or may not work with
your setup and it may actually be the Davicom which has been a problem
too.

Craig