topic Re: Network failed to activate. in Operating System - Linux

Network failed to activate.

Sakui — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:09:28 GMT

I am using a Hp ML110 server with redhat linux 8 installed. I trying activating my network card but give an error eth0 fail to intailized.I can ping loopback.but when i run the ifconfig -a i see no interface. I have deleted the network card and added it but to no avail. I restart the server hoping that the Linux box will recognized the new device.but to no avail

Re: Network failed to activate.

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:16:41 GMT

Check the following:
1) Back of nic, is it lit up?
2) Switch, is the port the cable connected to lit up?

You may have a bad cable or switch port.

You also may simply, and most likely have a bad nic card. Perhaps try another one.

SEP

Re: Network failed to activate.

Roderik Hamers — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:37:04 GMT

Sounds like defective NIC. I also think it needs to be replaced.

Re: Network failed to activate.

Rajesh SB — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:16:17 GMT

Hi,

Verify,

1. From your system BIOS, are you able to identify the eth card.

2. From Linux root login verify system has detected the Ethernet card using command
# dmesg|grep eth
If you are able to see something like

******
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95782A50) rev 3003 PHY(5705)] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:0d:9d:99:85:22
******

Linux kernel has detected your ethernet card.
If not, verify the driver support for existing card.

Good luck,

Rajesh

Re: Network failed to activate.

Karsten Breivik_1 — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:14:33 GMT

The RH 8/9 installations had errors in the driver for some Intel/Compaq NIC's that resulting in that it was impossible to get the NIC's up during installation. Happened to me. It has been relatively broadly documented online.

I put in an good old 3COM card, got online via this, patched the system with up2date (or did I download the drivers from Intel?) and then the Intel/Compaq card worked just fine.

Anyways everything works just fine with the later Fedora distributions - but perhaps you are bound by older software?

Re: Network failed to activate.

Sakui — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:15:08 GMT

the main problem was the installation did not installed the driver for the network card. i had to put 3com networkcard

Re: Network failed to activate.

Sakui — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:15:58 GMT

thanks to all