eth0 won't come up

[Craig White]

alandd@mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> I will get more detail on the actual interface and ipchains rules out this evening.  I am at work now.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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