Network failed to activate.

[Sakui]

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

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Roderik Hamers]

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

[Rajesh SB]

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

[Karsten Breivik_1]

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?

[Sakui]

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

[Sakui]

thanks to all